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The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.

sostantivo

1
The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
We used to live in the west of the country.
Portugal lies to the west of Spain.
2
The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
3
In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgical west) between the two towers, in the French manner.
The seating for honored persons (clergy) is at the liturgical west, opposite the entrance and lectern.
In most worship spaces, this will put the thurifer and gospeller facing liturgical west, book bearer facing liturgical east (or the book on the reading desk), and the torch bearers turned inward, facing the book.
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 altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west.

Etimologia

PIE word *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros (“evening”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian and Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese and Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).

aggettivo

1
Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2
Of wind: from the west.
3
Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4
From the West; occidental.
5
Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.
Interior in 1925, (left) looking north to chancel and (right) looking south (to liturgical west end) It was on account of this connection that St James's became the clowns 'church', an annual clowns' service being held there ...
as in the mosaic of the ascension on San Frediano's liturgical west (geographically east) façade.
Spence had decided on a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end [which is the geographic north], filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical] West Window (Fig. 24.2).

avverbio

1
Towards the west; westwards.
This thoroughfare bears (to the) West.

verbo

1
To move to the west; (of the sun), to set.
Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West, / And wested twice, where he ought rise aright.

Forme

plurale: wests
comparativo: further west, farther west
superlativo: furthest west, farthest west
passato: wested
participio passato: wested
participio presente: westing
3ª persona singolare: wests

Werner · A surname from German.Wes · A diminutive of the male given names Wesley or Weston.Wesley · A habitational surname from Old English.

west · The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.

West · Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal…western · Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.Western · Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense…

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