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hor⋅o⋅loge

[hawr-uh-lohj, -loj, hor-]
–noun
any instrument for indicating the time, esp. a sundial or an early form of clock.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L hōrologium horologium; r. ME orloge < MF < L, as above
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hor·o·loge   (hôr'ə-lōj', hŏr'-)   
n.  A device, such as a clock or sundial, used in telling time.

[Middle English orloge, from Old French, from Latin hōrologium, from Greek hōrologion : hōrā, hour, season; see yēr- in Indo-European roots + legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
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