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land⋅mark

  [land-mahrk]
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–noun
1. a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, esp. 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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE landmearc. See land, mark 1

Synonyms:
4. milestone, watershed, benchmark.
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land·mark   (lānd'märk')   
n.  

  1. A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.

  2. A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.

  3. An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.

  4. A building or site with historical significance, especially one marked for preservation by a municipal or national government.

adj.  Having great import or significance: a landmark court ruling.
tr.v.   land·marked, land·mark·ing, land·marks
To accord the status of a landmark to; declare to be a landmark.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

landmark 
O.E. landmearc, from land (n.) + mearc (see mark). Originally "object set up to mark the boundaries of a kingdom, estate, etc." Modern fig. sense of "event, etc., considered a high point in history" is from 1859.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: land·mark
Function: noun
often attrib 1 : an object (as a stone or tree) that marks a boundary of land
2 : an event or development that marks a turning point or stage landmark decision>
3 : a structure (as a building) of unusual historical or aesthetic interest; especially : one that is officially designated and set aside for preservation
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: land·mark
Pronunciation: -"märk
Function: noun
1 : an anatomical structure used as a point of orientation in locating otherstructures (as in surgical procedures)
2 : a point on the body or skeleton from which anthropological measurements are taken
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bible Dictionary

Landmark

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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