royal star
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At the earlier period the Summer solstice was in the centre of Leo, the Autumnal equinox in the centre of Scorpio, and the Winter solstice in the centre of Aquarius - corresponding roughly, Mr. Maunder points out, to the positions of the four "Royal Stars," Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut."
- "These constellations each contained first-magnitude stars (Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut), which were close to the cardinal points and became known as the Royal Stars in later Persia. [...] The four royal stars may be symbolised in Persepolis, in a vast bas-relief of a king slaying a griffin, which has the horns and body of a bull, mane and forelegs of a lion, tail of a scorpion, and wings and hindlegs of an eagle."
- "The Eagle was perhaps associated with the ancient zodiac by virtue of its ‘royal star’ Altair."