heliacal

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We recognize to-day this "heliacal rising" of the stars.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

In about a month, followed the Stars of the Husbandman; the chief of them, Ras, Mirach, and Arcturus, being very nearly simultaneous in their heliacal rising.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

This is what is technically known as the "acronical rising" of the Pleiades, their rising at sunset; in contrast to their "heliacal rising," their rising just before daybreak, which ushered in the spring time.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

The heliacal rising of a constellation is when it comes from under the rays of the sun, and begins to appear before daylight.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John

On the ceiling of the Memnonium at Thebes the heliacal rising of Sirius is represented under the form and name of Isis.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard