solstice

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator

From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium.

A Winter Solstice Festival was celebrated at the end of December in the Serampore hermitage. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
The Emperor is the Son of Heaven; he sacrifices to Heaven at the winter solstice. — The Problem of China, Bertrand Russell
At that period of the solstice, the light of full noonday is, so to speak, poignant. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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