Thesaurus: monument

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1. n. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.
4. n. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
5. n. a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
6. n. an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
7. n. a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
8. 1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. Philips. Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. Shak. 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. On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. Shak. 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. Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. Foxe. Syn. -- Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.
9. n:100 n. an important site that is marked and preserved as public property