trilithon

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He walked once round the trilithon, and next advanced towards the clump concealing the hut, the moonlight shining full upon his face and revealing him to be the Duke.

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  1. noun A prehistoric structure consisting of two large stones set upright to support a third on their tops, found especially in Europe.

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  • It was a Druidical trilithon, consisting of three oblong stones in the form of a doorway, two on end, and one across as a lintel. —  A Changed Man; and other tales
  • He walked once round the trilithon, and next advanced towards the clump concealing the hut, the moonlight shining full upon his face and revealing him to be the Duke. —  A Changed Man; and other tales
  • He then went a second time to the hollow behind the trilithon, remaining there nearly a quarter of an hour. —  A Changed Man; and other tales
  • Crossing anew the down between the hut and the trilithon, and scanning the precincts as if finally to assure himself that she had not come, he rode slowly downwards in the direction of Shakeforest Towers The juvenile shepherd thought of what lay in the hollow yonder; and no fear of the crook-stem of his superior officer was potent enough to detain him longer on that hill alone. —  A Changed Man; and other tales
  • He took the boy across to the trilithon, and made him kneel down Now, this was once a holy place,' resumed the Duke. —  A Changed Man; and other tales
 

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  1. Greek, neuter of trilithos, having three stones : tri-, tri- + lithos, stone.

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  1. from Greek τρίλιθον, neuter of τρίλιθος, of three stones: see trilith.
 

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/ˈtraɪlɪθɑn/
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