northest

Adjective

north (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
   • He lived in north Germany.
2. Toward the north; northward.
   • Napoleon ordered Villeneuve north to France.
3. Of wind, from the north.
   • The north wind was cold.
4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
   • north highway 1
5. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
   • […] the high church had liked its clergy to preside at the Eucharist in an ad orientem position; the low church advocated what was called the north end position; but the Liturgical Movement asked the priest to take a basilical position, facing liturgical west, and now both Anglican factions could...2011, Michael Attridge, Catherine E. Clifford, Gilles Routhier, Vatican II: Expériences canadiennes – Canadian experiences, University of Ottawa Press, →ISBN, page 145
6. (colloquial) More or greater than.
   • The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.

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