monumentn.[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.()Of ancient British art
A pleasing monument. (Philips.)Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. (Shak.)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.()On your family's old monument
Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites
That appertain unto a burial. (Shak.)3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.()4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.()Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. (Foxe.)()