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solstice
/ˈsɑl.stɪs/
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What does solstice mean?
noun
- One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
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IPA pronunciation
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Then the God rises into heaven, to sit upon the throne at the summer solstice, to bless his people.
Every year this Virgin of the Sphere as she appeared above the horizon at the winter solstice gave birth to the sun.
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So, in Adelie Land, short spells of calm weather may be expected over a period of barely three months around the summer solstice.
Before Christianity was established among the Danes, on every ninth year at the winter solstice, a monstrous sacrifice of 99 dogs was effected.
The time of the solstice had peculiar interest for the Egyptians, because it corresponded rather closely with the time of the rising of the Nile.