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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: obeliscus, from Greek, from obelos 'pointed pillar'

obelisk

 noun
     
Related topics: Architecture, Buildings
ob‧e‧lisk [countable]
AATBB a tall pointed stone pillar, built to remind people of an event or of someone who has died
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