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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of various supposed alignments of ancient monuments and prehistoric sites in straight lines, believed by some to indicate paths of positive energy inherent in the Earth.

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  • noun supposed alignments of ancient geographical places such as megaliths

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From ley (coined by Alfred Watkins (1855–1935), British antiquarian who suggested that ancient monuments and sites are arranged along a network of straight lines).]

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