DECUMBITURES

Noun

decumbitures

plural of decumbiture

Source: Wiktionary


DECUMBITURE

De*cum"bi*ture, n.

1. Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness. Boyle.

2. (Astrol.)

Definition: Aspect of the heavens at the time of taking to one's sick bed, by which the prognostics of recovery or death were made.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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