That department of the science which treats of the causes of the motions of the heavenly bodies.
·adj Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathart...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun <<Astrology>>. II. Astronomy ·noun A treatise on, or text-book of, the science. III. Astrono...
The Hebrews were devout students of the wonders of the starry firmanent (Amos 5:8; Ps. 19). In the B...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The splendid department of the mixed sciences which teaches the laws and phenomena of the universal ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
That part of the celestial science which treats of the planets and stars so far as relates to the pu...
A branch of science which includes the determination of the magnitude, distance, and phenomena of th...
That branch of the science which relates to the fixed stars. ...
See double-star and binary system. ...