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Choragic monumentChoragic Cho*rag"ic, a. [Gr. ?, ?.]
Of or pertaining to a choragus.
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. Monumental
Monumental Mon`u*men"tal, a. [L. monumentalis: cf. F.
monumental.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a
monumental inscription.
2. Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. ``Of
pine, or monumental oak.' --Milton.
A work outlasting monumental brass. --Pope.
Monumentally
Monumentally Mon`u*men"tal*ly, adv.
1. By way of memorial.
2. By means of monuments.
Meaning of Monument from wikipedia
- A
monument is a type of
structure that was
explicitly created to
commemorate a
person or event, or
which has
become relevant to a
social group as a part...
- The
Washington Monument is an
obelisk within the
National Mall in Washington, D.C.,
built to
commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of...
- In the
United States, a
national monument is a
protected area that can be
created from any land
owned or
controlled by the
federal government by proclamation...
-
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː],
meaning valley of the rocks) is a
region of the
Colorado Plateau characterized...
- The ****stan
Monument (Urdu: یادبود پاکستان) is a
national monument and
heritage museum located on the
western Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad, ****stan...
- The
National Wallace Monument (generally
known as the
Wallace Monument) is a
tower standing on the
shoulder of the
Abbey Craig, a
hilltop overlooking...
- The
Yonaguni Monument (****anese: 与那国島海底地形, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima
Kaitei Chikei, lit. "Yonaguni
Island Submarine Topography"), also
known as "Yonaguni...
- In the
United Kingdom, a
scheduled monument is a
nationally important archaeological site or
historic building,
given protection against unauthorised change...
-
Monuments of
National Importance in India. An
Archaeological Sites and
Remains Act, 1958
defines an "Ancient
Monument" as follows:
Ancient Monument means...
-
first United States national monument,
established on
September 24, 1906, by
President Theodore Roosevelt. The
monument's
boundary encloses an area of...
