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Part of Speech: noun
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12. A twelfth
part of the heavens,
as divided by six circles
intersecting at the north and south points
of the horizon,
used by astrologers
in noting the positions
of the heavenly bodies,
and casting horoscopes
or nativities.
The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon,
and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon,
called the ascendant,
first house,
or house
of life,
downward,
or in the direction of the earth's
revolution,
the stars
and planets
passing through them in the reverse order every twenty-
four hours.
Part of Speech: verb
Part of Speech: verb transitive
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