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Definition of Trilithons
1. trilithon [n] - See also: trilithon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trilithons
Literary usage of Trilithons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account, Alphabetically Arranged by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1828)
"... of the occupiers of houses inscribed on the door-posts, Roman, 222 ; of vast
size, resembling the trilithons of Stonehenge, 203, 276. ..."
2. Notes of Traveller: During a Tour Through England, France, and Switzerland by Jacob Green (1831)
"I took a rude sketch of two of the most remarkable trilithons, as they are called,
and the following figure will give you some idea of one of them: They are ..."
3. Fugitive Facts: A Dictionary of Rare and Curious Information edited by Robert Thorne (1889)
"Within these trilithons was the inner ellipse, composed of 19 uprights of granite
similar in size to those of the inner circle, and in the cell thus formed ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The first oval consists of five groups or trilithons, each trilithon ... The five
trilithons are thus independent and not connected by continuous imposts. ..."
5. Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson (1872)
"The next pair on the left is very distinct, and stands between the two great
trilithons. The next pair is also similarly situated. ..."
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