monument

The definition of a monument is a structure, building, statue, gravestone or other item designed or constructed to honor someone.

(noun)

A statue of Abraham Lincoln designed to honor his memory is an example of a monument.

See monument in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

something set up to keep alive the memory of a person or event, as a tablet, statue, pillar, building, etc.
a structure surviving from a former period
a writing or the like serving as a memorial
1. a work, production, etc. of enduring value or significance: monuments of learning
2. lasting or outstanding evidence or example
☆ a stone shaft or other object set in the earth to mark a boundary
Obsolete
1. a tomb; sepulcher
2. a statue; effigy

Origin: OFr < L monumentum < monere, to remind, warn: see monitor

See monument in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial.
An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone.
Something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing: the architectural monuments of ancient Rome; traditions that are monuments to an earlier era.
a. An outstanding enduring achievement: a translation that is a monument of scholarship.
b. An exceptional example: “Thousands of them wrote texts, some of them monuments of dullness” (Robert L. Heilbroner).
An object, such as a post or stone, fixed in the ground so as to mark a boundary or position.
A written document, especially a legal one.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin monumentum, memorial

Origin: , from monēre, to remind; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots

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