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- noun Plural form of
obelisk .
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Examples
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The oldest of all the obelisks is the beautiful one of rosy granite which stands alone among the green fields on the banks of the Nile not far from Cairo.
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Despite their squat shape these magnificent pillars recall the obelisks before the pylons of the
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I shall say that the writer may have mastered the dicky-bird language on the flints that they call 'obelisks' out there in Egypt, but he cannot write in his own, as I will prove to him in a column and a half.
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I shall say that the writer may have mastered the dicky-bird language on the flints that they call 'obelisks' out there in Egypt, but he cannot write in his own, as I will prove to him in a column and a half.
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Every part of Egypt abounded with this kind of obelisks; they were for the most part cut in the quarries of Upper Egypt, where some are now to be seen half finished.
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They included architectural forms such as obelisks, pillars and urns, as well as classical figures, many carved in marble by European craftsmen.
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( "obelisks", the odd printer's device for noting doubtful or spurious passages) were submitted to the bishop in manuscript form, passed around among intimates, and not intended for publication.
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A pair of obelisks marked each of the two entrances to the north and south, standing on either side of the entry paths.
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A pair of obelisks marked each of the two entrances to the north and south, standing on either side of the entry paths.
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The obelisks and statues, some standing upright, some leaning, cast long shadows in the late afternoon light.
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