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Stations has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(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

"During Lent, the parish held its annual Stations of the Cross procession through the churchyard."

2

plural of station

"The parish is organizing stations next month so that families can gather at different homes for several days to pray the Rosary together with Mass."

3

An infrequent religious gathering of family and friends spread over a few days, where Mass and the Rosary will be said in the home.

In plain English: Stations are specific places where trains, buses, or other vehicles stop to let people on and off.

"The train arrived at the next station just in time for our connection."

Verb
1

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of station

"The guard stations himself at every corner to monitor the crowd's movement."

In plain English: To station something means to put it in a specific place so it stays there.

"The train will not stop at stations along this route."

Example Sentences
"The train arrived at the next station just in time for our connection." noun
"The train arrived at all the stations along the coast." noun
"She bought her morning coffee at the local bus station." noun
"Our radio station plays classic hits from the 1980s every day." noun
"The train will not stop at stations along this route." verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
devotion series

Origin

Derived from the Latin stationem, the plural of statio (a standing or stopping place), the term originally referred to an appointed location where someone was required to remain. It later evolved in English to denote fixed positions, such as those for vehicles or religious shrines.

Rhyming Words
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