Meaning

• The south.

• Midday, noon.

• A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the earth's surface.

• An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles, or that half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude.

• The highest or most developed point of something; culmination, splendour.

• A particular area or situation considered as having a specific identity or characteristic; the tastes or habits of a specific locale, group etc.

• The middle period of someone's life, when they are at full strength or abilities; one's prime.

• A line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a round or curved body.

• A dram drunk at midday.

• (acupuncture) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.

• The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.

Meaning

• Meridional; relating to a meridian.

• Relating to noon

• Relating to the highest point or culmination.

  "meridian splendour"