Monument

Monument
Monument 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. [1913 Webster]

Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. --Philips. [1913 Webster]

Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary. [1913 Webster]

4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. [1913 Webster]

Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph. [1913 Webster]


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