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What is an obelisk?

What is an obelisk? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
  2. (printing) The dagger sign (†), especially when used as a reference mark.
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High above a hill in Oakwood Cemetery at Troy, New York, stands a huge obelisk, a monument to the life of Maj.
Jordan arrived at work yesterday to find a stone obelisk in front of the restaurant toppled over.
All I could see, from a distance, were numerous hands vigorously hurling stones at the aforementioned obelisk.
Approximately in 50 metres from coast there is a small gone to pieces obelisk in honour of the victim here the seafarer.
Through the eye of a 5m-tall obelisk, the observer will see the south celestial pole, the point in the sky about which the southern stars rotate.
Thus, at Treblinka, the memorial to those killed consists of 17,000 granite shards surrounding a large obelisk broken down the middle.

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