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Definition of Monument
1. Noun. A structure erected to commemorate persons or events.
Specialized synonyms: Brass, Memorial Tablet, Plaque, Cenotaph, Empty Tomb, Gravestone, Headstone, Tombstone, Megalith, Megalithic Structure, National Monument, Pantheon, Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, Seven Wonders Of The World, Triumphal Arch
Specialized synonyms: Lincoln Memorial, Great Pyramid, Pyramid, Pyramids Of Egypt, Statue Of Liberty, Washington Monument
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Memorialize, Monumental
2. Noun. An important site that is marked and preserved as public property.
Generic synonyms: Land Site, Site
Specialized synonyms: Stonehenge
Derivative terms: Monumental
3. Noun. A burial vault (usually for some famous person).
Generic synonyms: Burial Chamber, Sepulcher, Sepulchre, Sepulture
Derivative terms: Monumental
Definition of Monument
1. n. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
Definition of Monument
1. Noun. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. ¹
2. Noun. An important site owned by the community as a whole. ¹
3. Noun. An exceptional or proud achievement. ¹
4. Noun. An important burial vault or tomb. ¹
5. Noun. A legal document. ¹
6. Noun. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monument
1. a structure built as a memorial [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monument
Literary usage of Monument
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1855)
"THE ALLIN monument. Those who have watched the progress of improvement in the
old Burial Ground of Dedham within a few years will be gratified to learn that ..."
2. Mark Twain: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"WHEREAS, A number of citizens of the city of Elmira in the State of New York
having covenanted among themselves to erect in that city a monument in memory ..."
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