horary

[ hawr-uh-ree, hohr- ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. pertaining to an hour; indicating the hours:

   the horary circle.

2. occurring every hour; hourly.

horary

/ ˈhɔːrərɪ /

adjective

1. relating to the hours
2. hourly

Word History and Origins

Origin of horary¹

1610–20; < Medieval Latin hōrārius, equivalent to hōr ( a ) hour + -ārius -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of horary¹

C17: from Medieval Latin hōrārius; see hour

Example Sentences

Attached to the chimney-piece was a horary, sculptured in stone, near which hung a large starfish.

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She has reduced the observations of ten thousand stars, and prepared a work of three hundred pages of horary tables—an immense work for her age and sex.

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In nativities, they seem to consider them as indices; but, in horary questions, as causes.

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It may, I believe, be explained in the circumstance that "ten" and "four," in horary reckoning, were convertible terms.

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This, he says, occurs along the equator, where the horary motion is at its maximum; and thus the tropic current is formed.

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