Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; specifically, the stone built into one corner of the foundation of an edifice as the actual or nominal starting-point in building.
- noun Hence That on which anything is founded; that which is of the greatest or fundamental importance; that which is indispensable.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
cornerstone .
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Examples
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Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition.
Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011
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The solemn blessing of the cathedral corner-stone, 1933.
Pontifical Rites in the Greatest Building that Never Was 2009
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Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition.
Clarence Lusane: Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction Clarence Lusane 2011
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is one of the 'corner-stone' institutions of the Encyclopedia of Life (www. eol.org) project.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Biodiversity Heritage Library 2008
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is one of the 'corner-stone' institutions of the Encyclopedia of Life (www. eol.org) project.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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"Simple impressive rite at corner-stone emplacement of Hearst Memorial Mining Building"
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It is ancient as the corner-stone of Mohammed's Temple of Mecca; as secret as the Moslem that bound the tribes of Arabia to Allah or their god; as honorable as the Christian, and the tenets to which it is dedicated when once assumed cannot be eschewed or cast aloof. ...
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Madison, decided that it was bound to execute that intent, and for a hundred years that doctrine remained the corner-stone of American constitutional law.
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But the interesting aspect is the psychology of the contemporary anti-semite who is in complete denial of their own hatred, and may help to explain why they do not register on their own morally sensitive barometers - the ideological, genocidal anti-semitism that is the corner-stone of Hamas, Hizbollah, and the Iranian regime.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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But the interesting aspect is the psychology of the contemporary anti-semite who is in complete denial of their own hatred, and may help to explain why they do not register on their own morally sensitive barometers - the ideological, genocidal anti-semitism that is the corner-stone of Hamas, Hizbollah, and the Iranian regime.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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