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Webster 1913 Edition
Dodecatemory
Do-decˊa-tem′o-ry
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] twelve + [GREEK], dim. of [GREEK] part: cf. F.
dodécatémorie
.] (Astron.)
A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dodecatemory
DODECATEMORY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dodecatemory
dodecatemory
English
Noun
dodecatemory (plural dodecatemories)
- (obsolete, astronomy) A twelfth, specifically each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:
- Is it from topic stars, apertio portarum, in the dodecatemories or constellations, the moon's mansions, such aspects of planets, such winds, or dissolving air, or thick air, which causeth this and the like differences of heat and cold?
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3: