Bible Dictionaries
Occultation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; - applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.

(2):

(n.) Fig.: The state of being occult.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Occultation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/occultation.html. 1828.