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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth.
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- noun Plural form of
genethliac .
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If one endeavor to know the future by observing the position and movements of the stars, this belongs to "astrologers," who are also called "genethliacs," because they take note of the days on which people are born.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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