stacioun
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“outpost”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stacioun (plural staciouns)
- One's station; one's normal place of occupation.
- The place where something is set or implanted.
- A holy site (Christian or pagan).
- (astronomy) The (seeming) fixedness of a planet or the Sun.
- A special ecclesiastical service.
- (rare) One of a set of locations which (people, things) rotate around; a stop.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “stāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.