单词 | priest-astronomer |
释义 | > as lemmaspriest-astronomer priest-astronomer n. ΚΠ 1872 tr. C. F. Dupuis Origin All Relig. Worship 107 A correspondence so complete..leaves no doubt, that the priest-astronomer, who composed it, had merely described the course of the Moon in the Heavens. 1960 F. E. M. D. Winkler Man: Bridge between Two Worlds vii. 137 The priest-astronomer looked up to the starry heaven and found that the heavenly clock had struck a new hour. 2004 Asheville Citizen-Times (Nexis) 2 Feb. 3 b How carefully did ancient Maya priest-astronomers track Venus across the night sky. < as lemmas |
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