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monument
(encz) | monument,monument Zdeněk Brož |
monument
(encz) | monument,památník Pavel Cvrček |
monument
(encz) | monument,pomník n: |
monument
(czen) | monument,monument Zdeněk Brož |
Monument
(gcide) | 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.
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Of ancient British art
A pleasing monument. --Philips.
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Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --Shak.
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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.
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On your family's old monument
Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites
That appertain unto a burial. --Shak.
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3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a
limit or to mark a boundary.
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4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
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Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous
days. --Foxe.
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Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.
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monument
(wn) | monument
n 1: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn:
memorial, monument]
2: an important site that is marked and preserved as public
property
3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn:
repository, monument] |
monument
(devil) | MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which
either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
The bones of Agammemnon are a show,
And ruined is his royal monument,
but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The
monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the
unknown dead" -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of
those who have left no memory.
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MONUMENT
(bouvier) | MONUMENT. A thing intended to transmit to posterity the memory of some one;
it is used, also, to signify a tomb where a dead body has been deposited. In
this sense it differs from a cenotaph, which is at empty tomb. Dig. 11, 7,
2, 6; Id. 11, 7, 2, 42.
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MONUMENT
(bouvier) | MONUMENTS. Permanent landmarks established for the purpose of ascertaining
boundaries.
2. Monuments may be either natural or artificial objects, as rivers,
known streams, springs, or marked trees. 7 Wheat. R. 10; 6 Wheat. R. 582; 9
Cranch, 173; 6 Pet. 498; Pet. C. C. R. 64; 3 Ham. 284; 5 Ham. 534; 5 N. H.
Rep. 524; 3 Dev. 75. Even posts set up at the corners, 5 Ham. 534, and a
clearing, 7 Cowen, 723, are considered as monuments. Sed vide 3 Dev. 75.
3. When monuments are established, they must govern, although neither
courses, nor distances, nor 'computed' contents correspond; 5 Cowen, 346; 1
Cowen, 605; 6 Cowen, 706; 7 Cowen, 723; 6 Mass. 131; 2 Mass. 380; 3 Pick.
401; 5 Pick. 135; 3 Gill & John. 142,; 5 Har. & John. 163, 255; 2 Id. 260;
Wright, 176; 5 Ham. 534; 1 H. & McH. 355; 2 H. & McH. 416; Cooke, 146; 1
Call, 429; 3 Call, 239; 3 Fairf. 325; 4 H. & M. 125; 1 Hayw. 22; 5 J. J.
Marsh. 578; 3 Hawks, 91; 3 Murph. 88; 4 Monr. 32; 5 Monr. 175; 2 Overt. 200;
2 Bibb, 493; S. C. 6 Wheat. 582; 4 W. C. C. Rep. 15. Vide Boundary.
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ancient monument
(encz) | Ancient Monument,Ancient Monument [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
archaeological monument
(encz) | archaeological monument,archeologická památka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
monument
(encz) | monument,monument Zdeněk Brožmonument,památník Pavel Cvrčekmonument,pomník n: |
monumental
(encz) | monumental,monumentální adj: Zdeněk Brožmonumental,ohromný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
monumentalise
(encz) | monumentalise, v: |
monumentalize
(encz) | monumentalize, v: |
monumentally
(encz) | monumentally,monumentálně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
monuments
(encz) | monuments,památníky n: pl. monuments,pomníky n: pl. |
national monument
(encz) | national monument,národní památka national monument,národní památník n: |
national natural monument
(encz) | national natural monument,národní přírodní památka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
natural monument
(encz) | natural monument,přírodní památka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
ancient monument
(czen) | Ancient Monument,Ancient Monument[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
monument
(czen) | monument,monument Zdeněk Brož |
monumentální
(czen) | monumentální,monumentaladj: Zdeněk Brož |
monumentálně
(czen) | monumentálně,monumentallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
Choragic monument
(gcide) | Choragic \Cho*rag"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, ?.]
Of or pertaining to a choragus.
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Choragic monument, a building or column built by a
victorious choragus for the reception and exhibition of
the tripod which he received as a prize. Those of
Lysicrates and Thrasyllus are still to be seen at Athens.
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Monument
(gcide) | 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.
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Of ancient British art
A pleasing monument. --Philips.
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Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --Shak.
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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.
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On your family's old monument
Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites
That appertain unto a burial. --Shak.
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3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a
limit or to mark a boundary.
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4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
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Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous
days. --Foxe.
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Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.
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Monumental
(gcide) | Monumental \Mon`u*men"tal\, a. [L. monumentalis: cf. F.
monumental.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a
monumental inscription.
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2. Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. "Of
pine, or monumental oak." --Milton.
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A work outlasting monumental brass. --Pope.
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3. Of lasting significance; as, a monumental work of
literature; a monumental accomplishment.
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4. Exceptionally large in quantity, quality, or degree; as, a
monumental amount of work to be done
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Monumentally
(gcide) | Monumentally \Mon`u*men"tal*ly\, adv.
1. By way of memorial.
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2. By means of monuments.
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monument
(wn) | monument
n 1: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn:
memorial, monument]
2: an important site that is marked and preserved as public
property
3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn:
repository, monument] |
monumental
(wn) | monumental
adj 1: relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; "the
use of the arch in monumental architecture"; "monumental
sculptures"
2: of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental
contributions to physics"
3: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors";
"Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of
Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn:
massive, monolithic, monumental] |
monumentalise
(wn) | monumentalise
v 1: record or memorialize lastingly with a monument [syn:
monumentalize, monumentalise] |
monumentalize
(wn) | monumentalize
v 1: record or memorialize lastingly with a monument [syn:
monumentalize, monumentalise] |
national monument
(wn) | national monument
n 1: memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of
historic interest; set aside by national government for
preservation and public enjoyment |
washington monument
(wn) | Washington Monument
n 1: a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George
Washington; 555 feet tall |
monument
(devil) | MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which
either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
The bones of Agammemnon are a show,
And ruined is his royal monument,
but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The
monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the
unknown dead" -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of
those who have left no memory.
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MURAL MONUMENTS
(bouvier) | MURAL MONUMENTS. Monuments made in walls.
2. Owing to the difficulty or impossibility of removing them, secondary
evidence may be given of inscriptions on walls, fixed tables, gravestones,
and the like. 2 Stark. Rep. 274.
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