any of 88 arbitrary configurations of stars supposed to fill the outlines of usu mythical figures
a cluster, group, or pattern of things, e.g. medical symptoms, factors, or ideas
a dazzling circle of people
the Alexandrians, a constellation of genius — Ralph Waldo Emerson
constellatory /kənʹstelət(ə)ri/ adj
[late Latin constellation-, constellatio, from constellatus studded with stars, from con- + Latin stella star]