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 EclipsesEc’logue (2 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Eclip’tic.
 
The path apparently described by the sun in his annual course through the heavens. Eclipses happen only when the moon is in or near the same plane.   1
 


 EclipsesEc’logue (2 syl.). 

 
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