A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
To honor or reward with a medal.
2. The representation of a medallion
2. A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
Medals
Encyclopedia Britannica
MEDALS. See Numismatics.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 776
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Record Roget’s Thesaurus §551
N. trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, acts of, transactions of, proceedings of, hansard's debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, congressional records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, winchester disk, read-only memory, rom, write once read mostly memory, worm
V. record, put on record, place on record, chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity, keep up the memory, commemorate, report, write, commit to writing, reduce to writing, put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white, put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down, note, minute, put on paper, take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum, make a return, mark, sign, enter, book, post, post up, insert, make an entry of, mark off, tick off, register, enroll, inscroll, file, burn into memory, carve in stone
Adv. on record
Phr. exegi monumentum aere perennium, "read their history in a nation's eyes", "records that defy the tooth of time"
Sculpture Roget’s Thesaurus §557
N. sculpture, insculpture|, carving, # statuary, high relief, low relief, bas relief, relief, relieve, bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo, intaglio, anaglyph, medal, medallion, cameo, marble, bronze, terra cotta, papier-mache, ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware, cloisonne, enamel, faience, laocoon, satsuma, statue, &c. (image) 554, cast, glyptotheca
Trophy Roget’s Thesaurus §733
N. trophy, medal, prize, palm, award, laurel, # laurels, bays, crown, chaplet, wreath, civic crown, insignia, feather in one's cap, decoration, garland, triumphal arch, victoria cross, iron cross, triumph, flying colors, monumentum aere perennius
Phr. "for valor."
Title Roget’s Thesaurus §877
N. title, honor, knighthood, highness, excellency, grace, lordship, worship, reverence, reverend, esquire, sir, master, mr, signor, senor, mein herr, mynheer, your honor, his honor, serene highness, handle to one's name, decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter, feather, feather in one, s cap, epaulet, epaulette, colors, cockade, livery, order, arms, shield, scutcheon, reward
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