[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

monument \mon"ument\, n. f., fr. l. monumentum, fr. monere to
   remind, admonish. see monition, and cf. moniment.
   1. something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance
      what is past; a memorial.
      1913 webster

            of ancient british art
            a pleasing monument.                  --philips.
      1913 webster

            our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            on your family's old monument
            hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites
            that appertain unto a burial.         --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a
      limit or to mark a boundary.
      1913 webster

   4. a saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
      1913 webster

            acts and monuments of these latter and perilous
            days.                                 --foxe.
      1913 webster

   syn: memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.
        1913 webster
see also:
monition moniment 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

monument
     n 1: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events syn: memorial
     2: an important site that is marked and preserved as public
        property
     3: a burial vault usually for some famous person syn: repository
see also:
memorial repository 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

137 moby thesaurus words for "monument":
   antenna tower, arch, archives, barbican, barrow, belfry,
   bell tower, bench mark, bookmark, boundary stone, brass, bust,
   cairn, campanile, carving, catstone, cenotaph, colossus, column,
   commemorate, commemoration, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola,
   cyclolith, derrick, doll, dolly, dolmen, dome, dummy, evidence,
   example, exemplar, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine,
   fire tower, footstone, gingerbread man, grave, gravestone,
   headstone, hoarstone, inscription, landmark, lantern, lay figure,
   ledger, lighthouse, lightship, man of straw, manikin, mannequin,
   marionette, mark, marker, martello, martello tower, mast,
   mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch,
   memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, milepost,
   milestone, minaret, model, monolith, monumentalize, mound,
   necrology, obelisk, obituary, observation tower, pagoda, pharos,
   pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, plaque, platform, pole, portrait bust,
   prize, puppet, pylon, pyramid, record, reliquary, remembrance,
   ribbon, rostral column, scarecrow, sculpture, seamark, shaft,
   shrine, skyscraper, snowman, spire, standpipe, statuary, statue,
   statuette, steeple, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, television mast,
   testament, testimonial, testimony, token, tomb, tombstone, tope,
   tour, tower, tribute, trophy, turret, watchtower, water tower,
   wax figure, waxwork, windmill tower, witness, wood carving

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

monument. a thing intended to transmit to posterity the memory of some one; 
it is used, also, to signify a tomb where a dead body has been deposited. in 
this sense it differs from a cenotaph, which is at empty tomb. dig. 11, 7, 
2, 6; id. 11, 7, 2, 42. 

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

monuments. permanent landmarks established for the purpose of ascertaining 
boundaries. 
     2. monuments may be either natural or artificial objects, as rivers, 
known streams, springs, or marked trees. 7 wheat. r. 10; 6 wheat. r. 582; 9 
cranch, 173; 6 pet. 498; pet. c. c. r. 64; 3 ham. 284; 5 ham. 534; 5 n. h. 
rep. 524; 3 dev. 75. even posts set up at the corners, 5 ham. 534, and a 
clearing, 7 cowen, 723, are considered as monuments. sed vide 3 dev. 75. 
     3. when monuments are established, they must govern, although neither 
courses, nor distances, nor 'computed' contents correspond; 5 cowen, 346; 1 
cowen, 605; 6 cowen, 706; 7 cowen, 723; 6 mass. 131; 2 mass. 380; 3 pick. 
401; 5 pick. 135; 3 gill  john. 142,; 5 har.  john. 163, 255; 2 id. 260; 
wright, 176; 5 ham. 534; 1 h.  mch. 355; 2 h.  mch. 416; cooke, 146; 1 
call, 429; 3 call, 239; 3 fairf. 325; 4 h.  m. 125; 1 hayw. 22; 5 j. j. 
marsh. 578; 3 hawks, 91; 3 murph. 88; 4 monr. 32; 5 monr. 175; 2 overt. 200; 
2 bibb, 493; s. c. 6 wheat. 582; 4 w. c. c. rep. 15. vide boundary. 

[6] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

monument, n.  a structure intended to commemorate something which
either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

    the bones of agammemnon are a show,
    and ruined is his royal monument,

but agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence.  the
monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the
unknown dead" -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of
those who have left no memory.

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

monument, co town, fips 51800
  location: 39.07013 n, 104.85712 w
  population 1990: 1020 460 housing units
  area: 10.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 80132
monument, ks
  zip codes: 67747
monument, nm
  zip codes: 88265
monument, or city, fips 49750
  location: 44.81998 n, 119.41880 w
  population 1990: 162 78 housing units
  area: 1.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 97864

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

monument, co -- u.s. town in colorado
   population 2000:    1971
   housing units 2000: 770
   land area 2000:     4.626053 sq. miles 11.981421 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    4.626053 sq. miles 11.981421 sq. km
   fips code:            51800
   located within:       colorado co, fips 08
   location:             39.081024 n, 104.862491 w
   zip codes 1990:     80132
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    monument, co
    monument

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

monument, or -- u.s. city in oregon
   population 2000:    151
   housing units 2000: 81
   land area 2000:     0.537367 sq. miles 1.391775 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.537367 sq. miles 1.391775 sq. km
   fips code:            49750
   located within:       oregon or, fips 41
   location:             44.819870 n, 119.420866 w
   zip codes 1990:     97864
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    monument, or
    monument

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

monument, pa -- u.s. census designated place in pennsylvania
   population 2000:    133
   housing units 2000: 55
   land area 2000:     0.190680 sq. miles 0.493858 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.190680 sq. miles 0.493858 sq. km
   fips code:            50760
   located within:       pennsylvania pa, fips 42
   location:             41.110388 n, 77.703334 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    monument, pa
    monument

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