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Meanings of foundation stone in English

Russian
краеугольный камень
Portuguese
pedra angular
Spanish
piedra angular
Catalan
pedra base
Wikidata

Ceremonial stone set at the corner of a building.

краеугольный камень
Usage of foundation stone in English
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Footnote 6: The Prince laid the foundation stone of the new Royal Exchange.
The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's C...
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It is a foundation stone of democracy in the United States.
The Guardian
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The very next year they laid the foundation stone of the new castle.
The Secret Crown (2010)
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An abiding faith in the Allies was the foundation stone of its complacency.
Dangerous Days
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The foundation stone was laid in 1843, very soon after which the Rev.
Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregation...
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Adele had remembered her cache of money behind the foundation stone.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
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More than that, he is the foundation stone of German-Irish relations.
The Irish Times
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Autonomy is the foundation stone of the doctor-patient relationship, he wrote.
The Irish Times
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To remove a foundation stone is a delicate and difficult operation.
A Short History of Russia
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May Heaven bless it, from the roof to the foundation stone!
A Woman-Hater
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The export markets they built are the foundation stone of Scotch whisky's success today.
Jamaica Observer
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Providence was a foundation stone of our culture and society.
The Irish Times
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In all sports, and in team sports especially, discipline is our very foundation stone.
The High School Pitcher; or, Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond
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The Prince came again, to lay the foundation stone of the Midland Institute buildings.
Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men
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Adopt this, and you lay the foundation stone of disunion.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions o...
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Its foundation stone was laid in 1858, less than a decade after the Famine.
The Irish Times