monument

mon·u·ment

noun \ˈmän-yə-mənt\

Definition of MONUMENT

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

Examples of MONUMENT

1. They have erected a monument in his honor.
2. <the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity>

Origin of MONUMENT

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

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to MONUMENT

Synonyms: gravestone, headstone, tombstone, stone

Related Words: cross, marker, plaque, table, tablet; monolith, obelisk, pillar; memorial, shrine; burial, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb

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