monument
mon.u.ment \'ma:n-y*-m*nt\ n [ME, fr. L monumentum, lit., memorial, fr.
mone-re to remind -] more at MIND obs 1: a burial vault : SEPULCHER
archaic 2: a written legal document or record : TREATISE 3a: a lasting
evidence or reminder of someone or something notable 3b: a memorial stone
or a building erected in remembrance of a person or ev ent archaic 4: an
identifying mark : EVIDENCE; also : PORTENT, MSIGN obs 5: a carved statue
: EFFIGY 6: a boundary marker (as a stone) 7: a mountain, canyon, or area
reserved by the government as public propert y 8: a written tribute