horologe

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

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noun

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

Origin of horologe

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

Words Nearby horologe

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How to use horologe in a sentence

"The hour is close at hand, then," said the master, consulting a horologe as large and as round as an orange.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1 | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The cock, the horologe of Thorpe's light, crows no more to the answering hill-farms.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools | Various
Without the slightest premonitory symptoms of astrology, and being withal no horologe consulter, I yet do love the stars.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861 | Various
The horologe signifies the diligence with which the priests should say the canonical hours.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
Do you hear the ticking of the horologe of time with each pulsation of your heart?
Child of a Century, Complete | Alfred de Musset

British Dictionary definitions for horologe

horologe

/ (ˈhɒrəˌlɒdʒ) /

noun

a rare word for timepiece

Origin of horologe

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

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