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† dodecaˈtemory Astron. Obs.
Also 7 dodecatemorion.
[ad. Gr. δωδεκατηµόριον a twelfth part, f. δωδέκατ-ος, -η, -ον twelfth + µόριον piece, portion.]
A twelfth part; a term formerly applied to each of the twelve divisions of the Zodiac.
1603Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xviii. 374 The dodecatemories of the Zodiack. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) B ij, The mildest Dodecatemorie springs In beauteous Orient. a1700Creech (J.), 'Tis dodecatemorion thus describ'd: Thrice ten degrees, which every sign contains. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Dodecatemory..The term is chiefly applied to the twelve houses, or parts of the zodiac of the primum mobile; to distinguish them from the 12 signs. |