\Mon"u*ment\, n. [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.
Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.