Monument
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. An important site owned by the community as a whole. An exceptionally or prideful achievement. An important burial vault or tomb. A legal document. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
Example sentence: Because I'm so big, you have to look at me. I think of myself as a monument. But sometimes I like to feel small.
Repository
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a location for storage, often for safety or preservationa burial vaulta person to whom a secret is entrusted
Example sentence: Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century.