monuments

Noun

monument (plural monuments)

1. 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.
2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. (UK) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
4. A sign of exceptional achievement.
   • 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.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
5. An important burial vault or tomb.
6. Any grave marker.

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