Bible Dictionaries
Monument

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.

(4):

(n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Monument'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/monument.html. 1828.