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Ptolemy Definition
(n)
Alexandrian
astronomer
who
proposed
a
geocentric
system
of
astronomy
that
was
undisputed
until
Copernicus
(
2nd
century
AD
)
(n)
an
ancient
dynasty
of
Macedonian
kings
who
ruled
Egypt
from
323
BC
to
30
BC
;
founded
by
Ptolemy
I
and
ended
with
Cleopatra
Ptolemy Synonyms
Claudius Ptolemaeus
Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy
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