monument
noun
mon·u·ment
ˈmän-yə-mənt 
1
obsolete
: a burial vault : sepulchre
2
: a written legal document or record : treatise
3
a(1)
: a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great
(2)
: a distinguished person
b
: a memorial stone or a building erected in remembrance of a person or event
5
obsolete
: a carved statue : effigy
6
: a boundary or position marker (such as a stone)
8
: a written tribute
Examples of monument in a Sentence
They have erected a monument in his honor.
the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity
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Take any major African American institution or monument—Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Obama Presidential Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial—and McKissack & McKissack was likely connected to the construction or design, with Deryl McKissack at the helm.
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
There are 160-some of these here and elsewhere, a number that makes Hunt the artist with more public sculptures and monuments in the U.S. than any other.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers propose increasing penalties for damaging or defacing public monuments and memorials.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
In 2017, after a competency hearing, Gille was found not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of dismemberment and mutilation of dead bodies and malicious destruction of tombs and monuments, court records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
There are 160-some of these here and elsewhere, a number that makes Hunt the artist with more public sculptures and monuments in the U.S. than any other.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers propose increasing penalties for damaging or defacing public monuments and memorials.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
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“Monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monument. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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monument
noun
mon·u·ment
ˈmän-yə-mənt
1
: something that serves as a memorial
especially
: a building, pillar, stone, or statue honoring a person or event
2
: a work, saying, or deed that lasts or that is worth preserving
the book is a monument of scholarship
3
: a boundary marker (as a stone)
4
: a place of historic interest or natural beauty set aside and maintained by the government as public property
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