Midheaven

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The intersection of the ecliptic and meridian above the horizon

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"At one moment the bowsprit was taking a deadly aim at the sun in midheaven, and at the next it was trying to harpoon a shark in the bottom of the ocean."

Etymology

From mid- + heaven.

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