moniment
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin monimentum, monumentum. See monument.
Noun
editmoniment (plural moniments)
- (obsolete) Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument.
- (obsolete, by extension) A mark, image, or superscription; a record.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- That of his shape , appear'd no litle moniment .
Onely his shield and armour
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “moniment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)