[mon.u.ment] n [ME, fr. L monumentum, lit., memorial, fr. monere to remind--more at mind] (13c) 1 obs: 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. obs: a carved statue: effigy
6: a boundary or position marker (as a stone) 7: national monument 8: a written tribute