CONSTELLATION
\kɒnstɪlˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɒnstɪlˈeɪʃən], \k_ɒ_n_s_t_ɪ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONSTELLATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.
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An assemblage of splendors or excellences.
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Fortune; fate; destiny.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A group of stars: an assemblage of beauties or excellencies: (astrol.) a particular disposition of the planets.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A group of fixed stars conceived generally as representing some mythological figure; an assemblage of splendours or excellences.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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