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Winter Solstice

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What does Winter Solstice mean?

noun

  1. The point in Earth's orbital path at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted away from the Sun.

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At Cumanacoa, the dry season begins at the winter solstice, and lasts till the vernal equinox.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
Every year this Virgin of the Sphere as she appeared above the horizon at the winter solstice gave birth to the sun.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
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Before Christianity was established among the Danes, on every ninth year at the winter solstice, a monstrous sacrifice of 99 dogs was effected.
William YouattThe DogProject Gutenberg ebook #9478
The chief of these is at the winter solstice.
Isaac Taylor HeadlandCourt Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and PeopleProject Gutenberg ebook #523
But at the time of the winter solstice, in the month of Tebet, the sea grows restless, for then leviathan spouts up water, and the big fish become uneasy.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493