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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_142984" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_142984" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) Midday; noon. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' a.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' a.) A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50941" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50941" /> == | ||
