promittorn.
/prəˈmɪtə/, U.S. /prəˈmɪdər/ Astrology.
A planet, fixed star, or point in the heavens which, when a significator is brought into some particular aspect with it, prognosticates the occurrence of some event; (also) such an aspect.
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1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxvii. 719 Consider the Profections of Significators and Promittors.
1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xxxiv. 71 The Quality of the Disease shall be discerned from the Promittor or afflicting Planet.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Promitters or Promissors, a Term in the Genethliack part of Astrology, so called because they promise in the Radix something to be accomplished, when the Time of direction is fulfilled.
1792 ‘C. Heydon, Jr.’ Astrology 55 Directions Primary, is the arch of distance, between the Significator and the Promittor.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. (at cited word) ♄ and ♂ are anaretic promittors, and promise to destroy the life of the native when the hyleg is directed to them. ♃ and ♀ are promittors of good when directions to them are fulfilled.
1890 W. J. Simmonite & J. Story Compl. Arcana Astral Philos. 169 It produces fevers, coughs, colics, fluxes, &c., according to the nature of the sign and house the significator and promittor are in.
1947 N. de Vore Encycl. Astrol. (2005) 313 To direct the Ascendant to an aspect with a promittor first bring the longitude of the point of aspect to the horizon.
1990 F. Gettings Arkana Dict. Astrol. 407 The planets Mars and Saturn are rightly called the anaretic promittors, for they promise..the fulfilment of death.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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