omphalo
/AA1 M F AA1 L OW0/noun
- 1
The navel.
- 2
An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
- 3
The center or hub.
- 4
The theological proposition that the world was created with certain indicia of a history which had not actually occurred (such as the humans who had never been connected to umbilical cords being created with navels).
- 5
A raised central point; a boss.
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