omphalos

/หˆษ’mfษ™lษ’s/

IPA: /AA1 M F AH0 L AO1 S/

noun
  1. 1

    An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.

  2. 2

    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).

  3. 3

    The navel.

  4. 4

    A raised central point; a boss.

  5. 5

    The center or hub.

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