Definition of: monument

(mon′yə·mənt) noun
1. Something erected to perpetuate the memory of a person or of an event.
2. A notable structure, deed, production, etc., worthy to be considered as a memorial of the past, or of some event of person.
3. A stone or other permanent mark serving to indicate an angle or boundary.
4. A tomb.
5. Obs. A statue; effigy. [<F <L monumentum <L monere remind]