n.
Pronunciation: ' män-y ə -m ə nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin monumentum, literally, memorial, from mon ē re to remind ― more at MIND
Date: 13th century
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
4 archaic : an identifying mark : EVIDENCE also : PORTENT , SIGN
5 obsolete : a carved statue : EFFIGY
6 : a boundary or position marker (as a stone)
7 : NATIONAL MONUMENT
8 : a written tribute