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† ˈdomify, v. Astrol. Obs.
[a. F. domifier (1558 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med.L. domificāre to build houses (13th c. in Du Cange), f. domus house: see -fy.]
trans. To divide (the heavens) into twelve equal parts or ‘houses’ by means of great circles; to locate (the planets) in their respective ‘houses’. Hence ˈdomifying vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also domifiˈcation [so in Fr.].
c1430Lydg. Bochas (1554) 222, I can..in the starres search out no difference By domifying, nor calculation. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. 40 Of the vi. planettes he knewe so perfytly The operacions, how they were domified. 1603Florio Montaigne ii. xii. (1632) 315 Jugling tricks, enchantments..prognostications, domifications. 1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 390 Alcabitius would have the xii Houses of Heaven to be divided by Domifying Circles, or Circles of Position drawn from the Poles of the World through every 30th deg. of the Equator. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Domifying, Domification. |