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Monument

Monument Meaning & Definition
Monument Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Monument?

[n] a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
[n] a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
[n] an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

Synonyms | Synonyms for Monument: memorial | repository

Related Terms | Find terms related to Monument: antenna tower | arch | archives | barbican | barrow | belfry | bell tower | bench mark | bookmark | boundary stone | brass | bust | cairn | campanile | carving | catstone | cenotaph | colossus | column | commemorate | commemoration | cromlech | cross | cup | cupola | cyclolith | derrick | doll | dolly | dolmen | dome | dummy | evidence | example | exemplar | fantoccini | figure | figurehead | figurine | fire tower | footstone | gingerbread man | grave | gravestone | headstone | hoarstone | inscription | landmark | lantern | lay figure | ledger | lighthouse | lightship | man of straw | manikin | mannequin | marionette | mark | marker | martello | martello tower | mast | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | milepost | milestone | minaret | model | monolith | monumentalize | mound | necrology | obelisk | obituary | observation tower | pagoda | pharos | pilaster | pillar | pinnacle | plaque | platform | pole | portrait bust | prize | puppet | pylon | pyramid | record | reliquary | remembrance | ribbon | rostral column | scarecrow | sculpture | seamark | shaft | shrine | skyscraper | snowman | spire | standpipe | statuary | statue | statuette | steeple | stela | stone | stupa | tablet | television mast | testament | testimonial | testimony | token | tomb | tombstone | tope | tour | tower | tribute | trophy | turret | watchtower | water tower | wax figure | waxwork | windmill tower | witness | wood carving

See Also | brass | burial chamber | cenotaph | construction | gravestone | headstone | land site | Lincoln Memorial | market cross | megalith | megalithic structure | memorial tablet | national monument | pantheon | plaque | pyramid | sepulcher | sepulchre | sepulture | site | Statue of Liberty | structure | tombstone | triumphal arch | Washington Monument

Monument In Webster's Dictionary

\Mon"u*ment\, n. [F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See {Monition}, and cf. {Moniment}.] 1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. --Philips. Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --Shak. 2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. --Shak. 3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary. 4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. --Foxe. Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.

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