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    midheaven
    noun
    the point of a horoscope corresponding to the zenith: the cusp of the tenth house.
  • Midheaven
    Midheaven
    noun
    the point on the ecliptic, measured in degrees, that crosses the meridian of a particular place at a particular time. On a person's birth chart it relates to the time of birth

midheaven

American  
[mid-hev-uhn] / mɪdˈhɛv ən /

noun

Astrology.
  1. the point of a horoscope corresponding to the zenith: the cusp of the tenth house.


Midheaven British  
/ ˈmɪdˈhɛvən /

noun

  1.  MC.  the point on the ecliptic, measured in degrees, that crosses the meridian of a particular place at a particular time. On a person's birth chart it relates to the time of birth

  2. the sign of the zodiac containing this point

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of midheaven

First recorded in 1585–95; mid- + heaven

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And, as I watched the storm's banners hanging from midheaven, the chant ended, and, in silence, three chiefs arose and moved towards me through the smoke.

From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

There is nothing in romance, in the way of a striking "situation," which can beat this love scene in midheaven on an isolated ice-crest with the thermometer at zero and an Artic gale blowing.

From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Mark Twain

The sun wavered in midheaven and was still.

From The Runaway Skyscraper by Murray Leinster

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