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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97317" /> == | |||
<p> a sign of the Zodiac, consisting of twenty-eight stars in the form of a goat. Some say Pan assumed this form when terrified at the giant Typhon, and was transferred by [[Jupiter]] to the heavens; while others assert that the constellation was the goat. Amalthea, which nourished Jupiter. </p> | <p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29995" /> == | |||
<p> a sign of the Zodiac, consisting of twenty-eight stars in the form of a goat. Some say [[Pan]] assumed this form when terrified at the giant Typhon, and was transferred by [[Jupiter]] to the heavens; while others assert that the constellation was the goat. Amalthea, which nourished Jupiter. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_97317"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/capricorn Capricorn from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_29995"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/capricorn Capricorn from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_29995"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/capricorn Capricorn from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:13, 11 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
(2):
(n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a sign of the Zodiac, consisting of twenty-eight stars in the form of a goat. Some say Pan assumed this form when terrified at the giant Typhon, and was transferred by Jupiter to the heavens; while others assert that the constellation was the goat. Amalthea, which nourished Jupiter.
