- An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the
middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve
constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the
twelve signs of the zodiac. - A figure representing the signs, symbols, and
constellations of the zodiac. - A girdle; a belt.
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