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foundation stone

NOUN
  1. a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building

How To Use foundation stone In A Sentence

  • The foundation stone was laid by Mrs Brown on June 21, the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne.
  • In 1853 Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of the new palace.
  • Above these foundation stones compassionate capitalism rises like a beacon.
  • Yet the foundation stone of our courts is that justice is SEEN to be done. The Sun
  • For over a century the accountancy profession has built its reputation on three foundation stones: objectivity, integrity and competence.
  • For over a century the accountancy profession has built its reputation on three foundation stones: objectivity, integrity and competence.
  • He is the alpha and the omega, the principle and the end, the foundation stone and the keystone, the plenitude and the plenifier.
  • It has instead been the foundation stone upon which layers of experience have been carefully grafted. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Princess of Wales laid the foundation stone for the extension to the Cathedral.
  • No foundation stone went undedicated. Times, Sunday Times
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