Definitions For Solstitial
Adjective
(not comparable) Pertaining to a solstice. : a solstitial point Occurring on a solstice.Quotations
1923, Alfred Louis Kroeber, Anthropology, page 376: : These two stages of the descriptive and the solstitial moon series were long ago passed through in southern Mexico and a need felt for a more precise time reckoning. 1996, Stacy B. Schaefer, Peter T. Furst, People of the peyote: Huichol Indian history, religion, & survival, page 357: : The same solstitial event occurs for the dry season, when Paritzika gains sight from the sun ray that filters through the nierika in the center of his tepari. The daily path of the sun is also charted inside the temple. 2006, Jacqueline Ingalls Garnett, Newgrange Speaks for Itself: Forty Carved Motifs, page 18: : The elaborate and costly provision for witnessing the solstitial event alone confirms this. Something in addition was done here, on behalf of the immaterial fraction of personhood that can be imagined to survive the death of the body {{...}}Derived terms
solstitiallyTranslations
Finnish: päivänseisaus, alt=päivänseisaus- French: solsticial German: Sonnenwend-, Sonnwend- Swedish: solstånds-, solstitial- {{qualifier, rare}} Finnish: päivänseisaus, päivänseisauksen aikainen German: Sonnenwend-, Sonnwend- Swedish: solstånds-Alternative forms
solsticialIs Solstitial a Scrabble Word?
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Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12
The word Solstitial is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends