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stational

stational

9.9
Relating to special Masses held at certain churches during Lent
  • adjective
  • /ˈsteɪʃənl/
  • Archaic
translation icon : estacional
  • The ritual worship developed in Jerusalem was stational; that is, it took place at sites linked historically to Christ's life and passion.

Examples

  • She relates two different types of ritualization at the holy places: the prayers, readings, and psalms that marked pilgrims' experiences at the biblical sites, and the elaborate stational liturgy of Jerusalem.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The stational Mass at the cathedral draws many worshippers every Sunday.

  • During the stational service, the congregation gathered to celebrate the feast day of the church.

  • The church held a stational ceremony to commemorate important events in its history.

Synonyms

liturgical
vsstational
16 8.5

Relating to public worship in churches or other religious places

refers specifically to special masses at particular churches mainly in the Roman Catholic tradition

Surface Forms

stational positive

Morphology

stational = station (opaque) = station + al

Although the form is built from 'station' + '-al', this liturgical meaning depends on a specialized ecclesiastical sense of 'station' that most learners would not infer.

Etymology

Stational comes from station, a place where people stop or gather, and the root stat meaning 'to stand'. A helpful way to remember the religious sense is to imagine pilgrims stopping at a 'station' church for a special Mass, which is why stational describes those churches and rites.