cadent house

noun Astrology.

any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
Compare angular house, succedent house.

Origin of cadent house

First recorded in 1665–75

Words nearby cadent house

cadelle, cadence, cadenced, cadency, cadent, cadent house, cadential, cadenza, cadet, cadet cloth, cadette