solstice (c.1230)
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solstice (c.1230)

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  FEW:  solstitium 12,75a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  solstice 10,684a TL: solstice 9,810 DEAF:  solstice  DMF:  solstice  TLF:  solstice  OED:  solstice n.  MED:  solstice n.  DMLBS:  solstitium 3124a
 

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1astron.timesolstice, the biannual point at which the Sun appears furthest from the celestial equator: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  la lune est dunc pres curant; En solstice ses salz reprent  1471
solsticial  solsticiun 
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