Stations
['steʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary.
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Examples
- It an't our stations in life that changes us, Mr Clennam; thoughts is free! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Until the beginning of 1882 there were only a few arc-lighting stations in existence for the limited distribution of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The clocks at the corresponding stations were set exactly together, so that the same letter was exposed to view at each instrument at the same instant. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- At the end of 1909 the New York Edison Company alone was operating twenty-eight stations and substations, having a total capacity of 159,500 kilowatts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I should think, from her childhood, she must have lived in public stations; and in her youth might very likely have been a barmaid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There was a huge gathering at the stations at each end of the line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Many of these pioneer students and workmen became afterward large and successful contractors, or have filled positions of distinction as managers and superintendents of central stations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Practically all small railroad stations and local telegraph offices use these cells. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There are no porters, and no one here seems to listen-- I know: our American stations must surprise you. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Many people now charge their own batteries because of lack of facilities; but I believe central stations will find in this work very soon the largest part of their load. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The street conductors were of the overhead pole-line construction, and were installed by the construction company that had been organized by Edison to build and equip central stations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is usual to employ a short wave length for low-power, short-distance equipments, and a long wave length for the high-power, long-distance stations. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Some one probably got it at one of the dressing stations. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When the balance of the procession had entered and assumed their stations Than Kosis addressed the couple standing before him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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