Astrol. [Of obsc. orig.; cf. Arab. faraḑa, ‘cernere,’ to cut into, define, decree, also to define beforehand a time, to fix on an hour; whence fariyḑah, sb. a fixed and defined part. The -aria must be Romance ending.] (See quot.)
1614. Albumazar, II. v. (N.). I’ll finde the cuspe, and alfridaria.
1647. Lilly, Chr. Astrol., clxxi. 733. Lords of the Septenniall yeers, vulgarly called Lords of the Alfridary, are thus: If the Native be borne by day, the ☉ governes the first seven yeers after the Birth, ♀ the next seven, ☿ the next seven, and so in order.
1708. Kersey, Alfridary, a temporary Power which the Planets have over the Life of a Person.
1775. in Ash.
