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单词 medium coeli
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medium coelin.

Brit. /ˌmiːdɪəm ˈtʃeɪli/, U.S. /ˌmidiəm ˈtʃeɪli/
Forms: 1500s– medium coeli, 1500s– medium caeli. Also with capital initials.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medium caelī.
Etymology: < classical Latin medium caelī (in post-classical Latin also medium coeli) centre of the sky < medium medium n. + caelī , genitive of caelum sky, heaven (see celestial adj.). Compare mid-heaven n.
Astrology and (formerly) Astronomy.
The point in the sky directly overhead; the highest point of the celestial sphere as viewed from any particular place; the zenith (zenith n. 1a); (also) the highest point on the ecliptic, at its intersection with the meridian, taken as the zodiacal location of the zenith; the position of this in a horoscope. Formerly also (occasionally): †the tenth house, whose cusp or beginning lies at or near this point (obsolete). Cf. mid-heaven n. 1.
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1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel sig. ¶iv (table of contents) The degree of medium cœli or culmination, called midheaven.
1672 J. Gadbury Ephemerides Celestial Motions Ep. Ded. sig. a4 I can now fully interpret what..Jupiter in Trine to my Medium Cœli, and the Lord of my Ascendant holding the same Beam with the Sun in my Geniture, signify.
1784 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Astrol. i. 166 The tenth house, being the medium cœli, or most elevated part of the whole heavens, resolves all questions concerning kings, princes, dukes, [etc.].
1821 T. Keith New Treat. Use Globes (ed. 6) iii. ii. 323 The degree of the ecliptic cut by the brass meridian will be the medium cœli.
1990 S. Sivapriyananda Astrol. & Relig. in Indian Art v. 107 The cusp of the tenth house, extended into space, marks the mid-heaven and is known as Medium Coeli or MC.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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