Planetical
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of planetary.; Pertaining to the planets and/or their motions. not-comparable, obsolete
"Of this figure Plato made choice to illustrate the motion of the soul, both the world and man: while he delivereth that God divided the whole conjunction length-wise, according to the figure of a Greek X, and then turning it about reflected it into a circle; by the circle implying the uniform motion of the first orb, and by the right lines, the planetical and various motions within it"
- 2 Synonym of planetary.; Relating to the earth; terrestrial. not-comparable, obsolete
"They are stated to be the circles of unequal or planetical hours, or one-twelfth part of the time between sunset and sunrise, the division of the night in common use in early times."
- 3 Synonym of planetary.; Global. not-comparable, obsolete
"He has also a characteristic rebuke of "planetical" preachers, who were not to be restrained to one parish, but must spread their talents over a whole province or principality."
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More examples"Of this figure Plato made choice to illustrate the motion of the soul, both the world and man: while he delivereth that God divided the whole conjunction length-wise, according to the figure of a Greek X, and then turning it about reflected it into a circle; by the circle implying the uniform motion of the first orb, and by the right lines, the planetical and various motions within it"
Etymology
From planet + -ical.
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