monument

Definition

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

Etymology

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”).

Example Sentences

• "There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I."
• "The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder."
• "The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central."