obelisk

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The estimated cost of this obelisk is about Ł5,000 currency, the materials of the old monument being used as far as possible; and as above Ł4,000[146] have already been contributed, it is expected that the new structure will be commenced in the spring of 1845.

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  1. noun A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.
  2. noun Printing The dagger sign (†), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus.

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  • The estimated cost of this obelisk is about L5,000 currency, the materials of the old monument being used as far as possible; and as above L4,000[146] have already been contributed, it is expected that the new structure will be commenced in the spring of 1845. —  The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock
  • That pointed stone obelisk is the Edward VII Drinking Fountain, erected in 1911 by the local Jewish community in honour of the recently departed King. —  diamond geezer
  • Three sides of the obelisk were completed, but they discovered a flaw in the rock and had to abandon the obelisk. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The obelisk, at least 1,700 years old, was looted by Italian troops in the —  We Blog A Lot
  • And hence the obelisk is the most suitable of all forms to indicate in our cemeteries the glorious truth of the resurrection, life rising victorious out of the transitory condition of death And how admirably did the obelisk lend itself to its symbolical purposes! —  Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
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  1. Latin obeliscus, from Greek obeliskos, diminutive of obelos, a spit, obelisk.

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  1. = French obélisque = Spanish Portuguese Italian obelisco, from Latin obeliscus, an obelisk (pillar), Late Latin a rosebud, also a mark in writing, from Gv.ὀβελίσκος, a spit, a pointed pillar, a coin stamped with a spit, a sword-blade, spear-head, etc., diminutive of ὀβελός, a spit, a pointed pillar, a mark used in writing: see obelus.
 

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