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| 3 results for monument | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Monument \Mon"u*ment\, n. [F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See {Monition}, and cf. {Moniment}.] 1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. --Philips. Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --Shak. 2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. --Shak. 3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary. 4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. --Foxe. Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Monument, CO (town, FIPS 51800) Location: 39.07013 N, 104.85712 W Population (1990): 1020 (460 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80132 Monument, KS Zip code(s): 67747 Monument, NM Zip code(s): 88265 Monument, OR (city, FIPS 49750) Location: 44.81998 N, 119.41880 W Population (1990): 162 (78 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97864 | |
