Hypertext Webster Gateway: "landmark"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Landmark
a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (Deut. 19:14;
27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be
removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Landmark \Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See {Land}, and {Mark}
a sign.]
1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any, mark or
fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a
heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or
other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;
some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
{Landmarks of history}, important events by which eras or
conditions are determined.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
landmark
n 1: the position of a prominent or well-known object in a
particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a
convenient landmark"
2: an event marking a unique or important historical change or
one on which important developments depend [syn: {turning
point}]
3: a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
4: an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in
locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as
point from which measurements can be taken
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