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Lapidary :: Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation..

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

Tope :: Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic..

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

Moniment :: Moniment (n.) Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record..

Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader..

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign..

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..

Archaeology :: Archaeology (n.) The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc..

Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument..

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

Stupa :: Stupa (n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.

Imperishable :: Imperishable (a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown..

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..

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

Trilithon :: Trilithon (n.) A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts..

Sign :: Sign (n.) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument..

Monument :: Monument (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..

Monumentally :: Monumentally (adv.) By means of monuments.

Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.].

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