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    [Noun]  | "ar*mi*stice" | \ ˈär-mə-stəs \


    1: temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents : truce

    Origin: 1677 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin armistitium, from Latin arma "implements of war, weapons" + -stit-, -stes (going back to *-sta-t-s, root noun derivative from Indo-European *steh2- the base of Latin sistere "to make stand, halt, bring to a standstill," stāre "to stand") + -ium, suffix of compounded nouns {mat|arm:3|}, {mat|stand:1|};

      * Note : The Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources records armistitium from medieval Scottish documents preserved in England (Rotuli Scotiae in Turri Londensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservati, vol. 1, London, 1814, p. 335). However, the word occurs only in the text of a heading summarizing the contents of a letter written in April, 1335. These headings were presumably composed when the documents were collected for publication and do not reflect medieval usage of armistitium. Printed records of the word are in abundance only after 1610, when it appears in the dedicatory preface to Biblical commentaries by the French Jesuit Nicolaus Serarius (In sacros divinorum bibliorum libros, Tobiam, Iudith, Esther et Machabaeos commentarius, Mainz, 1610), though there is no reason to believe Serarius coined it. The model for the coinage may have been Latin solstitium {solstice|solstice}.;

    [Noun]  | "Armistice Day" 


    1: veterans day —used before the official adoption of Veterans Day in 1954

    Origin: 1918 ;

     From the armistice terminating World War I on November 11, 1918;

    [Noun]  | "armistice" 


    1: a temporary stopping of fighting;


      * e.g., " ... both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days "



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     [ "Armistice" ]

    1: Spawned out of the harbor area (CA)- Armistice has played boat loads of shows all around southern california since their formation in '90 and recorded several recordings to date. Inspite of member changes Armistice has stuck together and still pump out "100% paws in the air punk rock". Armistice currently resides in the harbor area and promises to record an LP very soon. Armistice has become very synonymous with winnie the pooh. It is used in almost all of their logos and is definatly a armistice trademark. Current members are as followed: Fumes= drums, Norman=guitar, Kevin= bass. They are a kick ass band(P-beat legends) and definatly worth checking out: myspace.com/armistice

      * e.g.,  ... Armistice releases: 

     [ "Armistice Day" ]

    1: November 11, formerly observed in the United States in commemoration of the signing of the armistice ending World War I in 191 Since 1954 it has been incorporated into the observances of Veterans Day. -- American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition

      * e.g.,  ... EXAMPLE: "So this book is a sidewalk strewn with junk, trash which I throw over my shoulders as I travel in time back to November eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two. "I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy . . . all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month. "It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. "Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. "So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. "What else is sacred? Oh, "Romeo and Juliet", for instance. "And all music is." -- From Kurt Vonnegut's 1973 novel "Breakfast of Champions" -- Preface (page 6). 

     [ "armistice" ]

    1: When a friend talks about an agreement made in the friend group that was not made while you were present, then holds you responsible for the agreement.

      * e.g.,  ... Eric has to understand that Lewis's armistice holds up because of the fine print. You cannot make a deez nuts joke. Speaking of... 

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