solstitial

[ sol-stish-uhl, sohl- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a solstice or the solstices:

   a solstitial point.

2. occurring at or about the time of a solstice.
3. characteristic of the summer solstice.

Other Words From

• sol·stitial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of solstitial¹

1550–60; < Latin sōlstitiālis; solstice, -al ¹

Example Sentences

The great festivals of Druidism were three: the solstitial festivals of the rise and fall of the year, and the winter festival.

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And so, with the rise and dip of the seasons, the European element waxes as the English wanes, in a kind of solstitial see-saw.

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Now the townsmen are all out of doors on account of the solstitial holiday.

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The first was an equinoctial, the second a solstitial armilla.

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The points were directed eastward, the two outside showing the two solstitial points, and that in the centre the equinoctial.

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