Station
n.
One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions
pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of
a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of
those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion
which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the
side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are
visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called
also Station of the cross.