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Terminus (tûr`mĭnəs), in ancient Rome, both the boundary markers between properties and the name of the god who watched over boundaries. Property lines were of great importance, particularly to farmers, and boundary stones were laid in a solemn ceremony. The rites of the Terminalia, held on Feb. 23, reinforced the sanctity of these markers. Terminus was often merged with Jupiter as Jupiter Terminus.
terminus
1. either end of a railway, bus route, etc., or a station or town at such a point
2. Architect another name for term (sense 5)

terminus
terminations of various types
A bust or figure of the upper part of the human body terminated in a plain block of rectangular form; a terminal figure.


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We were like tram-cars running on their lines from terminus to terminus, and it was possible to calculate within small limits the number of passengers they would carry.
Of that day, doomed to be her terminus in time through all the ages, she did not know the place in month, week, season or year.
Even the bustle and confusion at the railway terminus, so wearisome and bewildering at other times, roused me and did me good.
 
 
 
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