monument

noun

mon·u·ment | \ˈmän-yə-mənt

Definition of monument

1 obsolete : a burial vault : sepulchre

2 : a written legal document or record : treatise

3a(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 (such as a stone)

7 : national monument

8 : a written tribute

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Examples of monument in a Sentence

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

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In the adjacent Washington Square is a 1904 monument to Confederate Gen. Pierre Beauregard, beneath which someone has left flowers. — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, "A Historical Society Grapples With the Past," 10 Oct. 2018 But perhaps the pièce de résistance is the monument A Tribute to Human Dignity, which was built from the same marble used by Michelangelo. — Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, "Brunello Cucinelli Celebrates 40 Years," 25 Sep. 2018 The enormous Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest on the continent, was a monument to their status and influence. — András Szántó, Condé Nast Traveler, "Why Budapest Is Europe's Unlikely Capital of Hedonism," 29 Aug. 2018 The KFC Yum Center is a bold monument to Louisville's civic pride and ambition. — Allison Ross, The Courier-Journal, "How KFC Yum Center became Louisville's billion-dollar baby," 12 July 2018 More: James Brown's band leader: King Records could be a 'monument to the city' Bootsy Collins, Cincinnati's own funk music legend, was at King Records to greet White. — Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, "Jack White pays homage to King Records Cincinnati before Bunbury," 4 June 2018 MoMA is a monument to human creativity, to the art that illuminates the modern world. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "Carolina Herrera, Chuck Close, and Cindy Sherman Celebrate Agnes Gund at MoMA’s Party in the Garden," 1 June 2018 Two towering obelisks in one of its two cemeteries are monuments to the never-say-die spirit of this place. — Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, "St. Denis Fun Fair: I dare you to say this Havertown tradition, now 50, will ever die. | Maria Panaritis," 4 May 2018 The new statue at the West Indian Warehouse is one of Denmark’s only monuments to its Danish colonies. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "New Statue Immortalizes Mary Thomas, Who Led a Revolt Against Danish Colonial Rule," 5 Apr. 2018

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