monument
/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/ noun B1- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. · There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
Plural monuments
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Danglars hazarded a look on both sides of the road, and perceived monuments of a singular form, and his mind now recalled all the details Morcerf had related, and comparing them with his own situation, he felt sure that he must be on the Appian Way.
“Well, then, your government would do well to choose from the past something better than the things that I have noticed on your monuments, and which have no heraldic meaning whatever.
As they journeyed, they passed through a cemetery full of monuments.
“All these monuments which you see,” said the Monkey, “are erected in honour of my ancestors, who were in their day freedmen and citizens of great renown.” The Fox replied, “You have chosen a most appropriate subject for your falsehoods, as I am sure none of your ancestors will be able to contradict you.”
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