horologe

[ hawr-uh-lohj, -loj, hor- ]

noun

1. any instrument for indicating the time, especially a sundial or an early form of clock.

horologe

/ ˈhɒrəˌlɒdʒ /

noun

1. a rare word for timepiece

Word History and Origins

Origin of horologe¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin hōrologium horologium; replacing Middle English orloge < Middle French < Latin, as above

Word History and Origins

Origin of horologe¹

C14: from Latin hōrologium, from Greek hōrologion, from hōra hour + -logos from legein to tell

Example Sentences

Looking at the horologe my lord had given me, I saw that it lacked yet two hours of the time when we should be aboard.

From Project Gutenberg

For in their wickedness downright wicked men sin as much against their own horologes, as against the heavenly chronometer.

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One feels that the hands of the great horologe of time have hunted around the dial, till they have found the hour of doom for this primeval race.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a time when the clock on the London Houses of Parliament was the last word in the art—a veritable triumph of the horologe.

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The eternal horologe is about to sound the first.

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