Junc"ture (?), n. [L.junctura, fr. jungere to join. See Jointure.]
1.
A joining; a union; an alliance.
[Obs.] "Devotional compliance and
juncture of hearts."
Eikon Basilike.
2.
The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.
Boyle.
3.
A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.
"Extraordinary
junctures."
Addison.
In such a juncture, what can the most plausible and refined philosophy offer?
Berkeley.
© Webster 1913.