beacon_light has definitions from the fields of nautical,architecture
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[ noun ] (nautical,architecture) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

The great ultimate ends of religion have served as magnificent beacon_lights that lured people toward them with an almost irresistible force , mobilizing energies and inducing sacrifices ; for_example , the Crusades , mission efforts , just wars .

Related terms

tower beacon

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