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Answer for the clue "A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way ", 9 letters:
guidepost

Alternative clues for the word guidepost

Word definitions for guidepost in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guidepost \Guide"post`\, n. A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a signpost 2 (context by extension English) anything that provides guidance; a guideline

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also guide-post , 1761, from guide (v.) + post (n.1).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior [syn: guideline , rule of thumb ] a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way [syn: signpost ]

Usage examples of guidepost.

Cases that, in retrospect, may seem aberrant or even ludicrous censorial excesses sometimes became guideposts by which the censored party decided what the victors construed to be within the boundaries of acceptable expression.

Before they could remove any more of his guideposts, Chuck ran toward the doorway full of light.

Kabbalah emphasizes that obstacles and challenges are guideposts to our true purpose in the world.

However, it was John and Tibby Sherrill and the editors of Guideposts magazine who were the god-parents of the book.

Today's guidepost along the great road of life is use it before you lose it, my good man.