Pl. solstitia. Also 6 solsticium. [L. sōlstitium (med.L. also -sticium), f. sōl sun (SOL sb.1) + ppl. stem of sistĕre to stand still.] = SOLSTICE.

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1515.  A. Barclay, Egloges (1570), C v/2. Then shall my songe be dom Like a Nightingale at the solstitium.

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1562.  Turner, Herbal, II. (1568), 98. By that token the Husbandmen know that the Solstitium of Sommer is past.

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1609.  C. Butler, Fem. Mon. (1634), 44–5. The Æquinoctia and Solstitia, in which the four quarters of the year … take their beginnings.

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1630.  J. Taylor (Water P.), Wks., 2 Aaa 6 b/2. Talkes of the Iewish Thalmud, and Cabals, Solstitiums and Equinoctialls.

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1884.  R. Paton, Scott. Ch., x. 102. Christmas took the place of the Pagan Saturnalia and Solstitia.

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