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me•men•to mo•ri
Pronunciation: (mu-men'tō môr'ī, mōr'ī, môr'ē, mōr'ē; for 1 also Lat. me-men'tō mō'rē), [key]
—pl. memento mori for 2.
1. (
italics)
Latin.remember that you must die.
2. an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.
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