Dictionary
Al•ma•gest
Pronunciation: (al'mu-jest"), [key]—
n.
1. (
italics) a Greek work on astronomy by Ptolemy.
2. (
l.c.) any of various medieval works of a like kind, as on astrology or alchemy.
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