Monument
Mon´u`ment
| n. | 1. | Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. |
| 2. | A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; | |
| 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. |
| Noun | 1. |  monument - a structure erected to commemorate persons or eventsSynonyms: memorial |
| 2. | monument - an important site that is marked and preserved as public property | |
| 3. | monument - a burial vault (usually for some famous person) Synonyms: repository |
MONUMENT. A thing intended to transmit to posterity the memory of some one; it is used, also, to signify a tomb where a dead body has been deposited. In this sense it differs from a cenotaph, which is at empty tomb. Dig. 11, 7, 2, 6; Id. 11, 7, 2, 42.
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