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.
Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.