"Station" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In the civil law. A place where shlps may ride in safety. Dig. 50, 16

The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.

The spot or place where anything stands, especially where
a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a
time; as, the station of a sentinel.

A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.

The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing;
posture.

The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a
species naturally occurs; a habitat.

The place at which an instrument is planted, or
observations are made, as in surveying.

A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place
where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of
passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.

An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or
passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.

Situation; position; location.

A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is
assigned for duty.

A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for
the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive
measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).

A place to which ships may resort, and where they may
anchor safely.

State; rank; condition of life; social status.

A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on
stated days to say stated prayers.

Post assigned; office; the part or department of public
duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or
occupation; employment.

To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the
occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the
right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships
on the coasts of Africa.

The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week,
Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ,
and of his passion.

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.