Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus or instrument used in the mysteries of the ancients to imitate thunder and lightning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.
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- noun An
instrument orapparatus employed in theancient mysteries toimitate thunder andlightning .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek κεραυνοσκοπεῖον (keraunoskopeion) from κεραυνοσκοπία (keraunoskopia, "divination from thunder and lightning") from κεραυνός (keraunos, "thunderbolt") + σκοπέω (skopeō, "look at, consider")
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