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Monument

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.

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

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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