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noun
A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin baetulus, from Ancient Greek βαίτυλος (baítulos, “a meteoric stone”).
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