Definition of Labyrinth

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Labyrinth

An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.

Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.

Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.

An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.

The internal ear. See Note under Ear.

A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.

A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.

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Labyrinth Quotations

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Norman Vincent Peale

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
Victor Hugo

I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish.
Marcel Marceau

Labyrinth Translations

labyrinth in Italian is labirinto
labyrinth in Spanish is laberinto, dedalo
labyrinth in Swedish is labyrint

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