Monument /(?)/

Mon·u·ment

Monument

n.
  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.
  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.
  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.