sb. and a. Obs. Also 4 astrologen, 4–6 -ien. [a. OF. astrologien, f. astrologie, or L. astrologia, as if ad. L. *astrologi-ānus; cf. chrestien, italien, etc. Subseq. assimilated to L. spelling: cf. theologian. (Accented astro·logen, -ian, from 14th to 17th c.)]
A. sb. A professor of astrology, an ASTROLOGER.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Wife’s Prol., 324. The wise Astrologen [so 3 MS.; -ien 2; -es 1] daun Ptholomé. Ibid. (c. 1391), Astrol., Prol. 2. I nam but a lewd compilatour of the labour of olde Astrolog[i]ens.
1483. Caxton, Cato, Dij. He made all hys astrologiens to be gadred … to gyder.
1570. Dee, Math. Pref., 25. The common and vulgare Astrologien, or Practiser.
1583. Bible, Dan. ii. 2. The inchanters, and the astrologians, and the sorcerers.
1630. J. Taylor, Wks., I. 68/1. The Jewes, th’ Egyptians, Caldies, Persians, Devised Arts and were Astrologians.
1693. Phil. Trans., XVII. 799. These excluded the Astrologians and Diviners from their Habitations.
B. adj. Dealing with astrology, astrological.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. ii. I. iv. Amongst those astrologian treatises.
1646. Gaule, Cases Consc., 26. The Astrologian, Starre-gazing, Planetary, Prognosticating Witch.
