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- noun Plural form of
monument .
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Examples
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And in perfect harmony with the testimony of the monuments is the account given by Moses to the artists who were divinely taught the arts necessary for the embellishment of the tabernacle.
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Proust argues that the aesthetic impression of these great monuments is inseparable from the sacred rites for which they were built.
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When you travel through the country, you can literally see the layers of history in monuments going back into ancient times.
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(In fact, memorizing flags, cars, paintings, celebrities, or monuments is easier than memorizing English words, because our letters appear as lower and UPPER case, not to mention many hundreds of type styles.)
Memo to Educators: Stop the Lies About Reading « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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I'm never too interested in monuments and touristy attractions, but I do think the arch is a very beautiful creation, rising sleekly into the sky at the bank of the Mississippi river, denoting the border between Missouri and Illinois.
Archive 2007-05-01 Nupur 2007
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Since the 1990s they have restored crypts, staged readings and plays in monuments at night, and organised rock concerts in quarries.
Guerilla Clockwork Heather McDougal 2007
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Since the 1990s they have restored crypts, staged readings and plays in monuments at night, and organised rock concerts in quarries.
Archive 2007-11-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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The colourfully tiled Los Arcos is one of the city's main monuments, and houses a little gallery on its top floor.
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The colourfully tiled Los Arcos is one of the city's main monuments, and houses a little gallery on its top floor.
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The colourfully tiled Los Arcos is one of the city's main monuments, and houses a little gallery on its top floor.
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