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constellation (s.xii3/4)
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constellation (s.xii3/4)

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constellacion  (constanlacion)  
  FEW:  constellatio 2/ii,1083a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  constellacion 9,169a TL: constellacïon 2,746 DEAF:  constellacïon  DMF:  constellation  TLF:  constellation  OED:  constellation n.  MED:  constellacioun n.  DMLBS:  constellatio 457b

s.

astron.constellation: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  la constellation en quele l’em nest si ad grand efficace sur cely qi nest en luy  Secr anon 12.97
♦position of heavenly bodies: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Il se combaty par constanlacion; Ne voleit guerroier sanz artimage non  Rom Chev ANTS 51
mettre par constellation
to set in a cluster: 
( 1347 )  les quinqe anels d’or mys par constellacion  Test Ebor i 43

See also:

stellation 
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