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plural pharoses or pharoi
(historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors. quotations
He […] built a Pharos, or Light House.
1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
(figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light. quotations examples
The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39