STATION, n. [L.]

1. The act of standing. Their manner was to stand at prayer … on which their meetings for that purpose received the name of stations. [Obs.] – Hooker.
2. A state or rest. All progression is performed by drawing on or impelling forward what was before in station or at quiet. [Rare.] – Brown.
3. The spot or place where one stands, particularly where a person habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel. Each detachment of troops had its station.
4. Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform. The chief magistrate occupies the first political station in a nation. Other officers fill subordinate stations. The office of bishop is an ecclesiastical station of great importance. It is the duty of the executive to fill all civil and military stations with men of worth.
5. Situation; position. The fig and date, why love they to remain, / In middle station? – Prior.
6. Employment; occupation; business. By spending the sabbath in retirement and religious exercises, we gain new strength and resolution to perform God's will in our several stations the week following. – Nelson.
7. Character; state. – Milton. The greater part have kept their station.
8. Rank; condition of life. He can be contented with humble station.
9. In church history, the fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
10. In the church of Rome, a church where indulgences ate to be had on certain days. – Encyc.

To place; to set; or to appoint to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right or left of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast of Africa or in the West Indies; to station a man at the head of the department of finance.

1. The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
   
   
   [R.]

   A station like the herald, Mercury. Shak.

   Their manner was to stand at prayer, whereupon their meetings unto that purpose . . . had the names of stations given them. Hooker.

2. To place] to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
   
   

   He gained the brow of the hill, where the English phalanx was stationed. Lyttelton.

3. In Australia, a sheep run or cattle run, together with the buildings belonging to it; also, the homestead and buildings belonging to such a run.
4. A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
   
   
   [Obs.]

   All progression is performed by drawing on or impelling forward some part which was before in station, or at quiet. Sir T. Browne.

5. The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.
   
   
   Specifically: (a)
6. Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
   
   

   By spending this day [Sunday] in religious exercises, we acquire new strength and resolution to perform God's will in our several stations the week following. R. Nelson.

7. Situation; position; location.
   
   

   The fig and date -- why love they to remain
   In middle station, and an even plain? Prior.

8. State; rank; condition of life; social status.
   
   

   The greater part have kept, I see,
   Their station. Milton.

   They in France of the best rank and station. Shak.

9. The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
   
   
   (b) (R. C. Ch.)