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horologe

[ hawr-uh-lohj, -loj, hor- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any instrument for indicating the time, especially a sundial or an early form of clock.

horologe

/ ˈhɒrəˌlɒdʒ /

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin hōrologium horologium; replacing Middle English orloge < Middle French < Latin, as above

C14: from Latin hōrologium, from Greek hōrologion, from hōra hour + -logos from legein to tell

"The hour is close at hand, then," said the master, consulting a horologe as large and as round as an orange.

The cock, the horologe of Thorpe's light, crows no more to the answering hill-farms.

Without the slightest premonitory symptoms of astrology, and being withal no horologe consulter, I yet do love the stars.

The horologe signifies the diligence with which the priests should say the canonical hours.

Do you hear the ticking of the horologe of time with each pulsation of your heart?

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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