stacioun
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.