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Monument :: Monument (n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record..

Inscription :: Inscription (n.) That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc..

Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc..

Memorial :: Memorial (n.) Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.

Efface :: Efface (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin..

Antiquary :: Antiquary (n.) One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity..

Stone :: Stone (n.) A monument to the dead; a gravestone.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument..

Monolith :: Monolith (n.) A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument..

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments..

Monumental :: Monumental (a.) Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory.

Kistvaen :: Kistvaen (n.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen..

Monumentally :: Monumentally (adv.) By way of memorial.

Obliterate :: Obliterate (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

Monumental :: Monumental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription..

Record :: Record (v. t.) That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration..

Mausoleum :: Mausoleum (n.) A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument..

Menhir :: Menhir (n.) A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe..

Feroher :: Feroher (n.) A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc..

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