Almagest

[ al-muh-jest ]

noun
  1. (italics) a Greek work on astronomy by Ptolemy.

  2. almagest, any of various medieval works of a like kind, as on astrology or alchemy.

Origin of Almagest

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English almageste, from Middle French, from Arabic al “the” + majisṭī, from Greek megístē (sýntaxis) “greatest (composition)”

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Almagest

/ (ˈælməˌdʒɛst) /


noun
  1. a work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century a.d containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue

  2. (sometimes not capital) any of various similar medieval treatises on astrology, astronomy, or alchemy

Origin of Almagest

1
C14: from Old French, from Arabic al-majisti, from al the + majisti, from Greek megistē greatest (treatise)

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