Horologe

[hɒrәlɒdʒ]

Definition

(n.) A servant who called out the hours.

(n.) An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Time-piece (of any kind).

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Definition

n. any instrument for telling the hours.—ns. Horol′oger Horologiog′rapher Horol′ogist a maker of clocks &c.—adjs. Horolog′ic -al.—ns. Horologiog′raphy the art of constructing timepieces; Horol′ogy the science which treats of the construction of machines for telling the hours: the office-book of the Greek Church for the canonical hours.

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