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  horologium

  noun

  a timepiece, as a clock or sundial, or a building supporting or containing a timepiece.
• Horologium
  Horologium

  noun

  a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Eridanus and Hydrus

horologium

American  

[hawr-uh-loh-jee-uhm, hor-] / ˌhɔr əˈloʊ dʒi əm, ˌhɒr- /

noun

horologia plural

1. a timepiece, as a clock or sundial, or a building supporting or containing a timepiece.

2. Astronomy. Horologium, the Clock, a small southern constellation between Eridanus and Dorado.

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horologium ¹ British  

/ ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm /

noun

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

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Horologium ² British  

/ ˌhɒrəˈləʊdʒɪəm /

noun

1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Eridanus and Hydrus

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Etymology

Origin of horologium

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin hōrologium, from Greek hōrológion, equivalent to hōrológ(os) “timeteller” (from hōro-, combining form of hṓra “year, season, time of day, right time” + -log-, variant stem of légein “to count, recount, say, speak, tell” + -os adjective suffix) + -ion diminutive suffix; cf. hour, logos ( def. )

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horologium Horologium horologia

The greatest source of doubt arises from the confusion between sundials, water-clocks, hand-struck time bells, and mechanical clocks, all of which are covered by the term horologium and its vernacular equivalents.

From On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass by Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla)

A curious appendage to the pulpit sometimes found is the horologium, or hour-glass.

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter

And that's where that horologium you were talking about came from, too.

From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)

Here he published his Horologium Oscillatorium, dedicated to the king, containing, among other things, his solution of the problem of the "centre of oscillation."

From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith

Another MS which does not occur in the above list is Lambeth 436, Horologium Sapientiae, of cent. xv, which has in it: Liber cartusie de Witham.

From Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)

I never saw but one of these cheapest and most nearly forgotten horologia, and which the old brass-turner, as I recollect, boasted of as "telling the time true to a quarter of an hour!"

From Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George