əˈloʊ 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
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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| —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 | |
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| —n , Latin genitive Horologii | |
| a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Eridanus and Hydrus | |
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