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- noun Plural form of
astrologer .
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Examples
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The political pamphlets were bitter and scurrilous attacks by each party against the other, or the hare-brained prophecies of so-called astrologers, such as
A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901
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These men were called astrologers, and they drew plans, known as horoscopes, mapping out the future destiny of persons as revealed by the position of the constellations.
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The important question that people often tend to stress on is the prediction of horoscopes - are they really authentic or just a gimmick played by so-called astrologers?
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This science is defamed and harmed by so called astrologers who with little knowledge of this vast science prescribe gems, Rudraksh, tantra, mantra etc. to overcome or reduce the evils and charge fantastic sum of money.
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I earn money as this class of so called astrologers earn ten to twenty times more money by prescribing remedy and earning easy by fraud means.
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And yet, without scruple, I consulted those other impostors, whom they call "astrologers" [mathematicos], because they used no sacrifices and invoked the aid of no spirit for their divinations.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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If one endeavor to know the future by observing the position and movements of the stars, this belongs to "astrologers," who are also called "genethliacs," because they take note of the days on which people are born.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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There were 'astrologers' feasts 'in those days, held monthly or oftener.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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I don't know that I've ever been challenged to understand the fact that these Magi from the East - these "astrologers" were so deliberate to find the king of the Jews and more importantly that they say that they desire to worship him. "… and have come to worship him."
STEVANSHEETS.COM 2009
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"I am very much afraid," said Des Hermies, "that not only these so-called astrologers, but also all the mages, theosophists, occultists, and cabalists of the present day, know absolutely nothing -- those with whom I am acquainted are indubitably, incontestably, ignorant imbeciles.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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