juncture

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JUNC'TURE, noun [Latin junctura; jungo, to join.] 1. A joining; union; amity; as the juncture of hearts. [Little used.] 2. A union of two bodies; a seam; particularly, a joint or articulation. 3. The line or point at which two bodies are joined. 4. A point of time; particularly, a point rendered critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances.
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