said of a celestial body: to be at the meridian; to be directly overhead
(often + in) to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point
He had had no love affair since that which culminated in his marriage — Theodore Dreiser
of a celestial body: to be at the meridian; to be directly overhead
culmination /-ʹnaysh(ə)n/ noun
[medieval Latin culminatus, past part. of culminare to exalt, crown, from Latin culmin-, culmen top]