horologe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of horologe
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin hōrologium horologium; replacing Middle English orloge < Middle French < Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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By the light of the stained-glass windows the famous astronomical clock in the south transept can be descried, still containing some fragments of the horologe constructed by the mathematician Conrad Dasypodius in 1574.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
The horologe of centuries moves slowly in Cathay.
From Poems by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)
The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly,— Forever—never!
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The eternal horologe is about to sound the first.
From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne
Therewith she gave into my hands No hour-glass running golden sands, Only a horologe forlorn Set against a cross of thorn, And cold and stern the current seemed That through its clouded crystal gleamed.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
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