horoscopy

horoscopy
horoscoper /hawr"euh skoh'peuhr, hor"-/, horoscopist /haw ros"keuh pist, hoh-, hawr"euh skoh'pist, hor"-/, n.
/haw ros"keuh pee, hoh-/, n.
Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
[1645-55; HOROSCOPE + -Y3]

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