Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A twelfth part: a term formerly sometimes used for a sign of the zodiac, as being the twelfth part of a circle.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Astron.) A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the
primum mobile , to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek δωδεκατημόριον, from δωδέκατος ("twelfth") + μόριον ("piece"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In the terminology of hellenistic period astrological texts, we certainly see that the constellations were often marked with their Dodecatemoria: e.g. the dodecatemory of Libra is.../has... and so on.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dodecatemory’.
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twelfth
words and concepts reflective of their twelveness
twelfthtide, well-tempered, twelve noon, twelvemo, duodecimo, twelvescore, twelvepence, twelfth-second, twelfth-night, twelfth-tide, twelfthly, twelfth man and 49 more...
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Zodiac
various signs
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Having: C; m; e
Goodies pulled from a list I've compiled of most-every word having these letters in common — It's going take to take a long, long time to actually get through (and I may want to extend it lat...
chamber, chimney, compesce, imperch, ipom�ic, lambency, premier cru, recumbence, simnelcake, succumbence, umbeschew, almacle and 631 more...
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lessons from Der Zauberberg
Words I found when reading "Der Zauberberg" by Thomas Mann (in swedish).
moribund, sine pecunia, placet expiriri, quietism, vatermörder, idiosyncrasy, otium, Eulenspiegel, asthenia, roué, dodecatemory, fulminant and 19 more...
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