horologe

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

noun

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

horologe

/ ˈhɒrəˌlɒdʒ /

noun

1. a rare word for timepiece

Word History and Origins

Origin of horologe¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of horologe¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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