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What is a baetyl?

What is a baetyl? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
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This pillar can hardly be anything but a baetyl, or sacred stone.
It has been suggested that this pit was made to hold the base of the cult-object, whether it was a baetyl or an idol.
At the foot of one of the trilithons was found a baetyl 51 inches in height, now in the museum at Valletta.

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