uranographyn.

Brit.

/ˌjʊərəˈnɒɡrəfi/,

/ˌjɔːrəˈnɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˌjʊrəˈnɑɡrəfi/

Forms: 1600s– ouranography, 1600s– uranography.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin uranographia; Greek οὐρανογραϕία.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin uranographia (1572; also as ouranographia) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek οὐρανογραϕία, title of a work by Democritus < ancient Greek οὐρανο- urano- comb. form¹ + -γραϕία -graphy comb. form. Compare French †ouranographie (1694), uranographie (1762). Compare earlier uranographer n., uranoscopy n.

†1. A description of heaven. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > description of

uranography1650

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine App. 189 I found the Canaan by him described no Geography, but Ouranography, no earthly truth, but mysticall prediction.

1710 B. Jenks (title) Ouranography; or, Heaven opened. The substance of Cardinal Bellarmine's five books concerning the eternal felicity of the saints.

2. The branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the stars or the heavens; a description or delineation of these. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > stars > [noun]

uranography1675

astrography1735

astrognosyc1818

astrogony1869

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > treatise or description > [noun] > of heavens

uranoscopy1590

Urania1616

uranometry1660

uranography1675

uranometria1675

uranology1735

1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere Pref. sig. a2 Constellations..are distinguished into prophane and Sacred Figures or Morphoses, according to the different Uranography of the Antient Ethnicks.

1684 W. Molyneux Let. 15 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) IV. 272 The ingenious Mr. Hooke in his animadversions on Hevelius's ouranography.

1699 J. Howe Disc. Redeemer's Dominion 136 When our Lord is said to have ascended far above all Heavens,..whose Uranography [will suffice] to describe how far that is?

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §29. 310 From hence did he [sc. Hevelius] deduce his Uranography or Tables of all the Stars.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy 159 So in uranography, any conspicuous star may be selected as an initial point.

1853 Monthly Notices Royal Astron Soc. 13 160 (title) On the uranography of Saturn, including the correction of certain errors.

1902 Pop. Astron. 10 132 Here are their desks with drawers for..record books, uranographies, almanacs, rulers.

2004 R. Beck Beck on Mithraism xi. 245 Standard uranography tells us nothing extra about the designer's intent beyond the fact that they chose to incorporate a star map.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	uranography
释义	uranographyn. Brit. /ˌjʊərəˈnɒɡrəfi/, /ˌjɔːrəˈnɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌjʊrəˈnɑɡrəfi/ Forms: 1600s– ouranography, 1600s– uranography. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin uranographia; Greek οὐρανογραϕία. Etymology: < post-classical Latin uranographia (1572; also as ouranographia) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek οὐρανογραϕία, title of a work by Democritus < ancient Greek οὐρανο- urano- comb. form¹ + -γραϕία -graphy comb. form. Compare French †ouranographie (1694), uranographie (1762). Compare earlier uranographer n., uranoscopy n. †1. A description of heaven. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > description of uranography1650 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine App. 189 I found the Canaan by him described no Geography, but Ouranography, no earthly truth, but mysticall prediction. 1710 B. Jenks (title) Ouranography; or, Heaven opened. The substance of Cardinal Bellarmine's five books concerning the eternal felicity of the saints. 2. The branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the stars or the heavens; a description or delineation of these. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > stars > [noun] uranography1675 astrography1735 astrognosyc1818 astrogony1869 the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > treatise or description > [noun] > of heavens uranoscopy1590 Urania1616 uranometry1660 uranography1675 uranometria1675 uranology1735 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere Pref. sig. a2 Constellations..are distinguished into prophane and Sacred Figures or Morphoses, according to the different Uranography of the Antient Ethnicks. 1684 W. Molyneux Let. 15 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) IV. 272 The ingenious Mr. Hooke in his animadversions on Hevelius's ouranography. 1699 J. Howe Disc. Redeemer's Dominion 136 When our Lord is said to have ascended far above all Heavens,..whose Uranography [will suffice] to describe how far that is? 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. ii. §29. 310 From hence did he [sc. Hevelius] deduce his Uranography or Tables of all the Stars. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy 159 So in uranography, any conspicuous star may be selected as an initial point. 1853 Monthly Notices Royal Astron Soc. 13 160 (title) On the uranography of Saturn, including the correction of certain errors. 1902 Pop. Astron. 10 132 Here are their desks with drawers for..record books, uranographies, almanacs, rulers. 2004 R. Beck Beck on Mithraism xi. 245 Standard uranography tells us nothing extra about the designer's intent beyond the fact that they chose to incorporate a star map. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1650
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