Definition of monument

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Monument (n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary..

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Stupa :: Stupa (n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument..
Monument :: Monument (n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial..
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
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..
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..
Monumental :: Monumental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription..
Imperishable :: Imperishable (a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown..
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..
Monumentally :: Monumentally (adv.) By means of monuments.
Monument :: Monument (n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record..
Kistvaen :: Kistvaen (n.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen..
Trilithon :: Trilithon (n.) A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts..
Cromlech :: Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries..
Vandal :: Vandal (n.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature..
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.].
Tope :: Tope (n.) A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic..
Monument :: Monument (n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary..
Greyhound :: Greyhound (n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments..
Stele :: Stela (n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc..
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