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Lanthorn

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of lantern. alt-of, archaic

    "Yee ſhall vnderſtand, (my deare Friends,) that amongſt the Excellent Acts of that King, one aboue all hath the preheminence. It was the Erection, and Inſtitution of an Order, or Society, which wee call Salomons Houſe; The Nobleſt Foundation, (as wee thinke,) that euer was vpon the Earth; And the Lanthorne of this Kingdome."

Etymology

Spelling influenced by the fact that they were sometimes made from animal horns.

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