Horae

American  

[hawr-ee, hohr-ee] / ˈhɔr i, ˈhoʊr i /

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).

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Horae British  

/ ˈhɔːriː /

plural noun

1. Also called: the Hours.  classical myth the goddesses of the seasons

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Etymology

Origin of Horae

From the Latin word Hōrae literally, hours

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Hearne's text is taken from Horae printed by Wynkyn de Worde 1510, f. cli a, and is as follows.

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

The British Museum possesses one of two known copies of this Horae, and the late Prince d’Essling bought the other.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

Plantin’s four emblem-books of 1562, 1564, 1565, and 1566 were illustrated not with copper engravings, but with woodcuts; so was his Bible of 1566, so were his earlier Horae.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

Horae Paulinae—mutual confirmations of Acts and Epistles; better, though one-sided.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

His Horae Lyricae appeared in 1706, and the Hymns, by which he is still well known, in 1707.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene