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12017-11-02T08:10:10-07:00Elissa DeFalcoe547f2c706898ac61284a88103735048ea3a165e231252plain2017-11-02T08:15:31-07:00Elissa DeFalcoe547f2c706898ac61284a88103735048ea3a165eA "meridian" is a line of longitude (thus always perpendicular to lines of latitude). "Meridian height" is likely a reference to the zenith (local noon, the highest point along that path), reinforcing this passage's emphasis on the cyclical nature of the path of stars, as well as of fate.
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