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LEO abbreviation for (Astronautics) low earth orbit Leo1 n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a name for a lion, used in children's tales, fables, etc. [from Latin: lion] Leo2 n Latin genitive Leonis [liːˈəʊnɪs] 1. (Astronomy) Astronomy a zodiacal constellation in the N hemisphere, lying between Cancer and Virgo on the ecliptic, that contains the star Regulus and the radiant of the Leonid meteor shower 2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Astrology) Astrology a. Also called the Lion the fifth sign of the zodiac, symbol ♌, having a fixed fire classification and ruled by the sun. The sun is in this sign between about July 23 and Aug. 22 b. a person born during a period when the sun is in this sign adj (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Astrology) Astrology born under or characteristic of Leo Also (for senses 2b, 3) Leonian [liːˈəʊnɪən]
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Leo always begs to sleep there, and Ambrosch goes along to look after him. No prayer is offered to the Saviour, who seems to be of little importance any where in Rome; but an inscription below says, "Blessed Peter, give life to Pope Leo and victory to king Charles. Thou knowest the life I have led, keeping each point of my Order, striving with devils embodied and disembodied, striking down the roaring lion, who goeth about seeking whom be may devour, like a good knight and devout priest, wheresoever I met with him--- even as blessed Saint Bernard hath prescribed to us in the forty-fifth capital of our rule, Ut Leo semper feriatur. |
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