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noun
1.
a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
2.
something used to mark the boundary of land.
3.
a building or other place that is of outstanding historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance, often declared as such and given a special status (landmark designation), ordaining its preservation, by some authorizing organization.
4.
a significant or historic event, juncture, achievement, etc.: The court decision stands as a landmark in constitutional law.
verb (used with object)
5.
to declare (a building, site, etc.) a landmark: a movement to landmark New York's older theaters.
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Landmark
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Example Sentences
- The landmark ruling comes from the inner circle of a site that prides itself on being open and inclusive.
- They will not have found a clear answer: such polls may be a landmark on the road to peace or a roadblock.
- The team first developed a program that downloads multiple images of a landmark and finds common points in the architecture.
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Bible Dictionary
Landmark definition
a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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