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astroscopy
noun 2
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5ADJ.
skilled
VERB + ASTROSCOPY
questioned
ASTROSCOPY + NOUN
inspection
PREP.
in
ADV.
moreover, such
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noun
1
observation of the stars
That astroscopy, or the inspection of the stars, furnished practical aids to navigation and other pursuits from very early times, is not questioned; but astroscopy is no more astronomy than it is the science of electricity to watch the play of the lightning in the clouds.
2
Any of various systems of prognostication by means of the planets and stars other than astrology involving the zodiac.
If the signs of the times are read aright by those most skilled in such astroscopy, the Board will not long languish for the want of such medication.
Moreover his astroscopy convinced him that the cause of all this was the fact that, many centuries before, the hill summit had been the site of Druidic ceremonies —black magic practices with a ghastly and evil ritual.
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That astroscopy, or the inspection of the stars, furnished practical aids to navigation and other pursuits from very early times, is not questioned; but astroscopy is no more astronomy than it is the
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If the signs of the times are read aright by those most skilled in such astroscopy, the Board will not long languish for the want of such medication.
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Moreover his astroscopy convinced him that the cause of all this was the fact that, many centuries before, the hill summit had been the site of Druidic ceremonies —black magic practices with a ghastly
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