Hypertext Webster Gateway: "occultation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Occultation \Oc`cul*ta"tion\, n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr.
occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See
{Occult}.]
1. (Astron.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the
intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; --
applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the
moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by
their primaries.

2. Fig.: The state of being occult.

The reappearance of such an author after those long
periods of occultation. --Jeffrey.

{Circle of perpetual occultation}. See under {Circle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp['e]tuel,
fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,
continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]
Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;
unfailing; everlasting; continuous.

Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.

Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton.

{Circle of perpetual apparition}, or {occultation}. See under
{Circle}.

{Perpetual calendar}, a calendar so devised that it may be
adjusted for any month or year.

{Perpetual curacy} (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the
tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.
--Blackstone.

{Perpetual motion}. See under {Motion}.

{Perpetual screw}. See {Endless screw}, under {Screw}.

Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;
constant; eternal. See {Constant}.

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