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Synonyms for monuments

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun mon-yuh-muh nt; verb mon-yuh-ment
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈmɒn yə mənt; verb ˈmɒn yəˌmɛnt

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Définition of monuments

Origin :
  • late 13c., "a sepulchre," from Old French monument "grave, tomb, monument," and directly from Latin monumentum "a monument, memorial structure, statue; votive offering; tomb; memorial record," literally "something that reminds," from monere "to remind, warn" (see monitor (n.)). Sense of "structure or edifice to commemorate a notable person, action, or event" first attested c.1600.
  • noun memorial, remembrance
Example sentences :
  • Statues and monuments also were voted by most of our principal cities.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Many were built as monuments by wealthy men and by emperors.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Mr. Jefferson did not deem them worthy the name of monuments.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • For Ypres had been rich in historic buildings and monuments of past days.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • For we are all tourists, in a certain sense, and this world is the most ancient of monuments.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The virility of a country is worth more than the splendor of its monuments.
  • Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root
  • Everywhere the tombs had been rifled and the monuments destroyed.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The monuments that remain are almost exclusively tombs and temples.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • Other monuments to his memory have been raised at Slangerup, Odense and other places.
  • Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
  • This was the beginning and the end of Henry's studies in the monuments of Paris.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
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