heliacal

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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

He must mean either the heliacal or achronical rising of that sign.

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

The Sothiac period, or that cycle in which the heliacal rising of Sirius passed the whole civil year, and took place again on the same day, was of 1461 years, not 14,601.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

The heliacal rising of Canopus was also a precursor of the rising of the Nile.

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

I do not see how the heliacal rising of Sirius in any one year could help them to determine its length.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary