Lincolnalia

English

Etymology

From Lincoln +‎ -alia (from paraphernalia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪŋkəˈneɪli.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Noun

Lincolnalia pl (plural only)

1. Objects, materials, or documents relating to Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th president of the United States.

   Synonym: Lincolniana

   • 1915, Official Guide: Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, San Francisco 1915‎^[1], page 92:

     At the end of the East corridor the Lincoln Memorial Room is reached. The display of Lincolnalia here is priceless and was prepared under the auspices of the Illinois State Historical Society.

   • 2005, C. A. Tripp, The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln‎^[2], →ISBN:

     During the 1990s, applying scientific methods to the vast amount of writing on Lincoln, Tripp began constructing a database of Lincolnalia, which is currently available at the Lincoln Library in Springfield.

   • 2022, Ariel Nereson, Democracy Moving‎^[3], →ISBN, page 34:

     Obama's campaign tactically used places, texts, and objects to identify Lincoln as the origin point for a story about Black excellence, deploying the commemorative network of Lincolnalia in an attempt to reconcile Lincoln's dueling legacies of union and emancipation.

Related terms

• Lincolnian
• Lincolnite