moniment

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noun

Something to preserve memory; a reminder or a monument.

OriginLatin monimentum →
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Meanings

nounmoniment (plural moniments)

plural moniments

  1. figurativelyobsoleteSomething to preserve memory; a reminder or a monument.
  2. broadlyobsoleteA mark, image, trace or record.

    That of his shape , appear'd no litle moniment . Onely his shield and armour

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinmonimentum
  2. Englishmoniment

From Latin monimentum, monumentum. See monument.

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APA

moniment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moniment

MLA

“moniment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moniment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moniment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moniment.

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