† hyleˈgiacal, a. (n.) Obs.
[f. prec.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the hyleg.
| 1647 Lilly Chr. Astrol. xliv. 255 When the five Hylegiacall places at the hour of Birth..are oppressed, judge death immediatly to follow. 1674 Moxon Tutor Astron. iv. Prob. viii. (ed. 3) 134 Turn about the Globe till the Promittor come to the Hylegiacal point. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Hylegiacal Places are..reckon'd to be five in number, viz. the Ascendant, the Mid-Heaven, the 7th House, the 9th and the 11th. |
B. n. = Hylegiacal place.
| 1668 Dryden Even. Love iii. i, The five Hylegiacalls; the Ascendant, Medium Cœli, Sun, Moon and Stars. |