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trilithon

[ trahy-lith-on, trahy-luh-thon ]

noun

  1. a prehistoric structure consisting of two upright stones supporting a horizontal stone.


trilithon

/ traɪˈlɪθɒn; ˈtraɪlɪθ; ˈtraɪlɪˌθɒn; traɪˈlɪθɪk /

noun

  1. a structure consisting of two upright stones with a third placed across the top, such as those of Stonehenge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • trilithic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trilithon1

1730–40; < Greek trílithon, neuter of trílithos having three stones. See tri-, -lith
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trilithon1

C18: from Greek; see tri- , -lith
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Example Sentences

Before them a standing horseshoe of foreign stones, and in the front of the great Trilithon a flat slab or altar stone.

The building of the group was continuous and no gap separates the Trilithon from the foreign upright.

There is a rude circle of menhirs at the site, with a trilithon or dolmen on one side.

He took the boy across to the trilithon, and made him kneel down.

He then went a second time to the hollow behind the trilithon, remaining there nearly a quarter of an hour.

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