South

/ˈsaʊ̯θ/ · noun

Meaning

The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane..

Definitions by Sense

1. The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
2. The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
3. (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
4. (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet
5. Toward the south; southward.
6. (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
7. Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
8. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.

Example Sentences

Germany is south of Denmark.

Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south ...

What was said [prior to 2003] is that the south rebelled. Even then; rebelled? What rebelled? Who was supporting Saddam other than the people of the south?

When Nimeiri ended that autonomy in 1983, the south took up arms. This Second Sudanese Civil War ended only after four years of formal talks […]

If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.

It is to be situated in the chancel on the right (i.e., liturgical south) side of the church.

It was moved from its original location in 1507 hardly a decade after it was completed, to the bottom of the liturgical south aisle along with the free-standing chapel of the relic of the lance.

[…] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, […] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and the south side, Ashley River Road. […] The pulpit and reading desk are at ecclesiastical northeast, and the organ pipes and 1706 memorial at ecclesiastical south. At St. Andrew's, ecclesiastical north, south, east, and west correspond to geographical northeast, southwest, southeast, and northwest. Unless otherwise indicated, compass directions given in this book are ecclesiastical, not geographical, reference points.

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• souths
• further south
• farther south
• furthest south
• farthest south
• southing
• southed

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