Definitions for Nostradamus
ˌnɒs trəˈdeɪ məs, -ˈdɑ-, ˈnoʊ strə-nos·tradamus

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1. Nostradamus, Michel de Notredamenoun

   French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566)

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1. Nostradamusnoun

   French astrologer and author of prophecies

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1. Nostradamus

   Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events. Nostradamus's father's family had originally been Jewish, but had converted to Catholic Christianity a generation before Nostradamus was born. He studied at the University of Avignon, but was forced to leave after just over a year when the university closed due to an outbreak of the plague. He worked as an apothecary for several years before entering the University of Montpellier, hoping to earn a doctorate, but was almost immediately expelled after his work as an apothecary (a manual trade forbidden by university statutes) was discovered. He first married in 1531, but his wife and two children died in 1534 during another plague outbreak. He fought alongside doctors against the plague before remarrying to Anne Ponsarde, with whom he had six children. He wrote an almanac for 1550 and, as a result of its success, continued writing them for future years as he began working as an astrologer for various wealthy patrons. Catherine de' Medici became one of his foremost supporters. His Les Prophéties, published in 1555, relied heavily on historical and literary precedent, and initially received mixed reception. He suffered from severe gout toward the end of his life, which eventually developed into edema. He died on 1 or 2 July 1566. Many popular authors have retold apocryphal legends about his life. In the years since the publication of his Les Prophéties, Nostradamus has attracted many supporters, who, along with some of the popular press, credit him with having accurately predicted many major world events. Academic sources reject the notion that Nostradamus had any genuine supernatural prophetic abilities and maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus's quatrains are the result of (sometimes deliberate) misinterpretations or mistranslations. These academics also argue that Nostradamus's predictions are characteristically vague, meaning they could be applied to virtually anything, and are useless for determining whether their author had any real prophetic powers.

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1. nostradamus

   Nostradamus, originally named Michel de Nostredame, was a French astrologer, physician, and reputed seer born in 1503 and died in 1566. He is best known for his book Les Prophéties, a compilation of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events. The book, first published in 1555, has rarely been out of print since his death and has attracted both immense interest and criticism over the centuries due to its cryptic and interpretable nature. It is widely believed that Nostradamus predicted many major world events, including both World Wars, the French Revolution, and the Apollo Moon Landing. However, these interpretations remain speculative and controversial.

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1. Nostradamus

   Michel de Nostredame, usually Latinized as Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555. Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attracted a following that, along with much of the popular press, credits him with predicting many major world events. Most academic sources maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus's quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Nevertheless, occasional commentators have successfully used a process of free interpretation and determined 'twisting' of his words to predict an apparently imminent event. In 1867, three years before it happened, for example, Le Pelletier did so to anticipate either the triumph or the defeat of Napoleon III in a war that, in the event, begged to be identified as the Franco-Prussian war, while admitting that he could not specify either which or when.

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1. Nostradamus

   nos-tra-dā′mus, n. any quack doctor or charlatan—from the French astrologer (1503-66).

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1. Nostradamus

   a celebrated astrologer, the assumed name of Michel de Notredame, born at St. Remi, Provence; was a medical man by profession, but gave himself to divination, uttered in rhymes in a series of published predictions called "Centuries" (1503-1566).

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Nostradamus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Nostradamus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Nostradamus in a Sentence

1. Matt Tyrnauer:

   I'd like to say that we are Nostradamus filmmakers and we saw that coming, but none of us did, life threw a curveball, and I think though I view the election outcome as a tragedy, I think the movie becomes more relevant than ever.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nostradamus
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Nostradamus
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Nostradamus
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Nostradamus