Armil

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  • n. A bracelet.
  • n. An ancient astronomical instrument, having either one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes (an equinoctial armil) or two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices (a solstitial armil).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A bracelet.
  • n. An ancient astronomical instrument.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An ancient astronomical instrument consisting of a ring fixed in the plane of the equator, sometimes crossed at right angles by another ring fixed in the plane of the meridian.
  • n. armilla, 1.
  • Word Usage
    ""Receive this armil as a token of the divine mercy embracing thee on every side [32].""
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bracelet