Definition for MON-U-MENT'AL

MON-U-MENT'AL, a.

  1. Pertaining to 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.
  3. Belonging to a tomb; as, monumental rest. Crashaw.

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