Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry (?), n. [Gr. ; twelve + , dim. of part: cf. F. dod'ecat'emorie.] Astron.
A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
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