Festschrift

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A volume of learned articles or essays by colleagues and admirers, serving as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar.
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  • n. A tribute or memorial volume filled with essays and articles by admirers in memory of a colleague. A comparable book presented posthumously is called a Gedenkschrift ("memorial publication").
    • Word Usage
    "Participants will examine Siegler's work and influence on the field in a traditional European "festschrift," in which a scholar's colleagues and trainees honor him with a discussion of his work-in this case, the intellectual contributions to clinical ethics and the study of the doctor-patient relationship."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    commemoration    memorial    remembrance   
    Variant
    festschriften   
     
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