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Meaning of "laid the foundation stone"

Laid the foundation stone is a phrase used to describe the ceremonial act of placing the first stone or block in the construction of a new building or structure. It symbolizes the beginning of the construction process and is often accompanied by a ceremony or event to mark the milestone

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laid the foundation stone
Here is where we laid the foundation stone.
She laid the foundation stone for the new school.
In the same year he laid the foundation stone.
He laid the foundation stone.
The movement of the Indignants has laid the foundation stone.
He laid the foundation stone himself and supervised its development down to the smallest detail.
The architects laid the foundation stone.
STEF laid the foundation stone of its future site in Kölliken in Germanspeaking Switzerland.
President Sékou Touré laid the foundation stone.
His son laid the foundation stone of the Zuiderkerk.
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia laid the foundation stone.
Hillary laid the foundation stone for the modern Alanchy of today.
Assembled European Commission and Kosovo officials laid the foundation stone.
Yuri Gagarin actually laid the foundation stone for this museum.
He laid the foundation stone of the Agricultural Research Institute and college on 1 April 1905.

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Bishop James Macarthur laid the foundation stone two months later.
He laid the foundation stone for Kilkenny 's Carnegie library.
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah personally laid the foundation stone and constructed it.
Ahmad laid the foundation stone for the college and for Islamia College, Peshawar.
In October that year, Jayalalithaa laid the foundation stone for the project.
We have laid the foundation stone of mankind 's future.
The guest of honour, Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, laid the foundation stone.
Minister Dacic laid the foundation stone for the construction of housing refugees in Prokuplje.
In 1666 suffragan bishop Mikołaj Oborski laid the foundation stone for the current church.
We have laid the foundation stone of mankind 's future . Sandra and I.
This was called the Madam Soekarno Hospital and Fatmawati laid the foundation stone in 1954.
This last point laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Central Railway.
Johannes Badrutt founded the property in 1856, and laid the foundation stone for winter tourism.
Lawley also laid the foundation stone of the Madras High Court.
Monseigneur Raymond René Lérouge laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral in 1928.
Together they laid the foundation stone of St Augustine 's Monastery in Limoges.
Count Louis laid the foundation stone.
President Jackson laid the foundation stone of a monument to Uncas in Norwich, Connecticut.
In 1909 the construction workers laid the foundation stone of what would become the Centrale Générale.
The couple also laid the foundation stone of Gibraltar 's Diamond Jubilee Monument.
Bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier laid the foundation stone of the New Cathedral in 1862.
In 1930, she laid the foundation stone for Sygeplejerskernes Hus, a home for retired nurses.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the project on 6 May 2017.
In 1729 he laid the foundation stone for the new Irish Houses of Parliament.
Minister Dacic in Krusevac laid the foundation stone for the construction of apartments for refugees.
King Louis XV laid the foundation stone of the new church.
Prime Minister, laid the foundation stone of the building.
Austin Clarke had laid the foundation stone of the property in 1965.
Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of a new range of buildings in 1899.
Archbishop Polding laid the foundation stone for the present cathedral in 1868.
In 1648 Jacob laid the foundation stone for the new city hall on the Dam.
On 9 May 1557, he laid the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the castle in Meßkirch.
Henry the Lion laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral in 1173.
In 1895, Lawley laid the foundation stone for a solar observatory at Kodaikanal.
Bishop Olav Skjevesland laid the foundation stone for the new Bykle Church on 1 January 2000.

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