| 单词 | a figure of heaven |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa figure of heaven (also the heavens) 14. Astrology. A diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses; a horoscope. a figure of heaven (also the heavens): a scheme or table showing the disposition of the heavens at a given time. to cast, erect, set a figure: see the verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun] figure1393 horoscopec1400 theme1652 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 79 He..Through his carectes and figures The maistry and the power hadde. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. iv. sig. Kv By erection of her Figure, I gest it. View more context for this quotation 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 6 The Figures of Heaven, under which they were borne. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 27 He set a Figure to Discover If you were fled to Rye, or Dover. 1716 J. Addison Drummer ii. 21 They are casting a Figure. 1831 D. Brewster Mem. Life Newton (1855) I. ii. 21 He bought a book on Judicial Astrology..and in..perusing it he came to a figure of the Heavens. < as lemmas |
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