touchstone
tuhch stohn
- n a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- We, one and all, desire to see the ethical and moral standards which are implicit in our religion become touchstone of our behavior.
- You know you've found a perfect cultural touchstone when everyone brushes past it on the way to opposite conclusions.
- He represents a touchstone of authentic biblical scholarship that, in my opinion, has scarcely been paralleled since the days of the 16th century European Reformers.