Mōn'i-ment1, n.
n. [Lat. monumentum, monumentum, from monere, to remind; Pr. monimen, moniment, monument. See MONUMENT.] [Obs.]
- Something to preserve memory; a reminder.
- A mark; an image; a superscription. Spenser.
2 entries under this word
Monument
Mōn'ū-ment2, n.
[Lat. monumentum, from monere, to remind, admonish; Fr. monument, Pr. monument, monument, It. & Sp. monumento. Cf. MONIMENT.]
Sense 1. Any thing intended to remind or give notice; something which remains, or stands, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial; a remembrance; a record. “To leave a monument of revenge.” Milton.
Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. Philips.
Sense 2. Hence, especially, a building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, &c.; as, the Washington monument, the Bunker Hill monument.
On your families’ old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. Shak.
Sense 3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary. [Rare.]
Synonyms—Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.