sextil (s.xiv1)
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sextil (s.xiv1)

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[ FEW: 11,559a sextus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,672b sextil; TL: ∅; DEAF:  sextil; DMF:  sextil; TLF:  sextil; OED:  sextile a. and n.; MED:  sextile a.; DMLBS:  sextilis ]
 

a.

sextil aspect
1 astron. num. sextile aspect, relative positioning of two planetary bodies along the ecliptic so that a sixth part of the Zodiac lies between them: 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Ceste esteile est de la nature Venus et Mercurie. Ele n’est pas mout lusaunte, mes sa vertue est graundement bone qant est en trine ou sextile aspekt du Solail  181
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