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cornerstone

ceremonial stone set at the corner of a building
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cornerstone

Summary

cornerstone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cornerstone is a type of artificial physical object[2].
  • cornerstone is a type of gable stone[3].
  • cornerstone is a type of memorial stone[4].
  • cornerstone is a type of cornerstone[5].
  • cornerstone's Commons category is recorded as Corner stones[6].
  • cornerstone's partially coincident with is recorded as dodai-ishi[7].
  • cornerstone's partially coincident with is recorded as base[8].
  • cornerstone's different from is recorded as guard stone[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include artificial physical object[2], gable stone[3], memorial stone[4], and cornerstone[5].

Why It Matters

cornerstone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).[1] cornerstone has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] cornerstone is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cornerstone. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cornerstone-q1133673
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cornerstone-q1133673_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cornerstone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cornerstone-q1133673}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 19d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → dodai-ishi, base
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → guard stone
    Subclass of → artificial physical object, gable stone, memorial stone +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Corner stones, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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