Main Entry: mon·u·ment

Pronunciation: \ˈmän-yə-mənt\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin monumentum, literally, memorial, from monēre to remind — more at mind

Date: 13th century

1 obsolete : a burial vault : sepulchre
2 : a written legal document or record : treatise
3 a (1) : a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great (2) : a distinguished person b : a memorial stone or a building erected in remembrance of a person or event
4 archaic : an identifying mark : evidence; also : portent, sign
5 obsolete : a carved statue : effigy
6 : a boundary or position marker (as a stone)
7 : national monument
8 : a written tribute