horologium

[hawr-uh-loh-jee-uhm, hor-]

hor·o·lo·gi·um

[hawr-uh-loh-jee-uhm, hor-]
noun, plural hor·o·lo·gi·a [-jee-uh] .
1.
a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
2.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Clock, a small southern constellation between Eridanus and Dorado.

Origin:
1655–65; < Latin < Greek hōrológion, equivalent to hōrológ(os) timeteller (hōro-, combining form of hṓra hour + -log-, variant stem of légein to speak, tell + -os adj. suffix) + -ion diminutive suffix
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Horologium is always a great word to know.
So is planet. Does it mean:
any of the nine large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun
a low-mass star that emits low to average amounts of light that burn their hydrogen slowly over a long life span
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horologium (ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm)
 
n , pl -gia
1.  a clocktower
2.  Also called: horologion (in the Eastern Church) a liturgical book of the offices for the canonical hours, corresponding to the Western breviary
 
[C17: from Latin; see horologe]

Horologium (ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm)
 
n , Latin genitive Horologii
a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Eridanus and Hydrus

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