Adjective : a solstitial point. From Dictionary.com.
Parmenides was the first that confined the habitable world to the two solstitial (or temperate) zones. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
Where I live, that day is December 9th, which means I am now safely on the far side of the solstitial crepuscular cusp. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » The earliest sunset is here!] Reference
Herodotus informs us, that the Egyptians, in process of time, formed the idea of the solar or solstitial year, subdivided into twelve months. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements] Reference
They are said to represent St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist; but they really refer to the solstitial points Cancer and Capricorn, in the zodiac. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
And, like several of the megalithic alignments and the solstitial window at Nabta, the temples at Abydos and the pyramids at Saqqara, Giza, and Abusir are arranged along roughly northeast-southwest lines. From Wordnik.com. [Neolithic Skywatchers] Reference
The next folk-feast after Martinmas is St. Clement's Day, November 23, once reckoned the first day of winter in England. It marks apparently one of the stages in the progress of the winter feast towards its present solstitial date. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan] Reference
As soon as the Sun, passing the solstitial point, entered in his northerly course, Bhishma, with concentrated attention, caused his soul (as connected with and independent of the body) to enter his soul (in its independent and absolute state). From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Later on, after the solstitial pause for refleshmeant, the same man (or a different and younger him of the same ham) asked in the vermicular with a very oggly chew-chin-grin: Was six vic-tolios fifteen pigeon takee offa you, tell he me, stlongfella, by picky-pocky ten to foul months behindaside?. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
It is remarked by Bayle, that Aristæus found out the solstitial rising of Sirius, or the dog-star; and he adds, it is certain that this star had a particular relation to Aristæus; for this reason, when the heats of the dog-star laid waste the Cyclădes, and occasioned there a pestilence, Aristæus was entreated to put a stop to it. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Elaborate solstitial ceremonies are practiced by the North. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
Everywhere, even in our Order, survive the equinoctial and solstitial feasts. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
"It was Toscanelli who erected the famous solstitial gnomon at the cathedral of Florence.". From Wordnik.com. [Amerigo Vespucci] Reference
Note the star μ, which serves to point out the Winter Solstice, where the solstitial colure intersects the ecliptic. From Wordnik.com. [A Field Book of the Stars] Reference
The points were directed eastward, the two outside showing the two solstitial points, and that in the centre the equinoctial. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology] Reference
Where the ecliptic crosses the solstitial colure is the spot where the sun appears to be when it is farthest north of the equator, June 21st. From Wordnik.com. [A Field Book of the Stars] Reference
In all lands the Sun was known under various names, typical of solar energy, especially in reference to the equinoctial and solstitial colures. From Wordnik.com. [The light of Egypt; or, The science of the soul and the stars] Reference
They were devoted to the science of the stars, and determined the equinoctial and solstitial points, divided the ecliptic into twelve parts and the day into hours. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities] Reference
To these were added the festivals of the solstitial invaders, Beltane at midsummer and Yule at midwinter; the movable festival of Easter was also added, but the equinoxes were never observed in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology] Reference
Summer is approaching, sir, and apart from certain unpleasant risks which I need not specify, you will surely agree with me that the solstitial heat is a needlessly severe trial for a boy with long hair. From Wordnik.com. [Old Calabria] Reference
The solstitial heats being now over, during which European garden flowers cease to bloom for a season, they were again in gayest livery to welcome the long second spring of autumn, lasting from February to. From Wordnik.com. [The Purple Land] Reference
Upon them devolved the duty of predicting the time of the Nile flood; a duty they were enabled to perform without difficulty through observation of the rising of the solstitial sun and its Sothic messenger. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science] Reference
Altogether, these Normans, dreaming through the solstitial heats in pleasaunces like Ravello, developed a nice taste in the matter of marbles, and were not particular where they came from, so long as they came from somewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Old Calabria] Reference
The roofs were turned into arches of massy stone joined with a cement that grew harder by time, and the building stood from century to century, deriding the solstitial rains and equinoctial hurricanes, without need of reparation. From Wordnik.com. [Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia] Reference
The roofs were turned into arches of massive stone, joined by a cement that grew harder by time, and the building stood from century to century, deriding the solstitial rains and equinoctial hurricanes, without need of reparation. From Wordnik.com. [Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia] Reference
At Stonehenge´s avenue, immediately north of Stonehenge, we will be excavating parts of this solstitial processional route to discover if it began as a short avenue which led only as far as the nearby streambed known as Stonehenge Bottom. From Wordnik.com. [remote central] Reference
There was also an astronomical observatory containing armillary spheres, globes, solstitial and equatorial armils, astrolabes, parallactic rules, and other apparatus then in use, the graduation on the divided instruments being into degrees and sixths. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science] Reference
It is very probable that the Chaldeans may have made spheres, like the armillary sphere, for representing the poles of the heavens; and with rings to show the ecliptic and zodiac, as well as the equinoctial and solstitial colures; but we have no record. From Wordnik.com. [History of Astronomy] Reference
Yet their branches were not now stretching out their leafy canopy, to shelter from solstitial heat the panting sufferer, but, stript of their verdant honors, were rudely torn and shaken by the wintry blasts, or hung, as in mockery, with the gathering snow wreath. From Wordnik.com. [Eoneguski, or, the Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. I.] Reference
By the late Viking Age, the Yule celebrations came to specify a great solstitial Midwinter festival that amalgamated the traditions of various midwinter celebrations across Europe, like Mitwinternacht, Modrasnach, Midvinterblot, and the Teutonic solstice celebration, Feast of the Dead. From Wordnik.com. [TPN :: GDay World] Reference
"represented a change of cult, and was dedicated primarily to the solstitial year.". From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
Tis the time for solstitial celebrations. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
Back to solstitial goals of Cancer; nor. From Wordnik.com. [On the Nature of Things] Reference
In fierce solstitial power. From Wordnik.com. [THOUGHT ON THE SEASONS] Reference
20. solstitial. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
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