П41

ВЕЧНАЯ ПАМЯТЬ кому ( indep. clausefixed WO
a wish that the deceased always be remembered ( usu. for his good deeds, noteworthy acts, great feats etc): вечная память X-y — may X's memory live (on) forever
may X never be forgottenlet us never forget Xlet X be remembered forever.
...Много девушек-связисток осталось в сталинградской земле, вечная им память! (Рыбаков 1). A lot of the girls in the signals were left behind in the soil of Stalingrad. May they never be forgotten (1a).
The closing words of a funeral service.

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