The Only Use of
monolith
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- On all sides of you as you walk are the houses of these forgotten folk, with their graves and the huge monoliths which are supposed to have marked their temples.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(monolith) a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
or:
a large organization -- often uniform in its approach or difficult to change