Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An astronomer; any one having knowledge of the stars.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete An astrologer.

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  • noun obsolete An astrologer.

Etymologies

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Old English and Old French astronomien. See astronomy.

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Examples

  • [Greek: Chaldaioi tôn allôn anthrôpôn ekpeponêkenai kai diapherontôs dokousin astronomian kai genethlialogikên, ta epigeia tois meteôrois kai ta ourania tois epi gês harmozomenoi kai hôsper dia mousikês logôn tên emmelestatên sumphônian tou pantos epideiknumenoi têi tôn merôn pros allêla koinôniai kai sumpatheiai, topois men diezeugmenôn, sungeneiai de ou diôikismenôn.] 27.

    The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont

  • "[Greek: astronomian]": '[Greek: astrouomian]' in original.p. 275. n.

    The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont

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