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horologe
Horologe (noun) means Another word for a sundial or a clock, a device that shows the time of day.
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Another word for a sundial or a clock, a device that shows the time of day.
"The custodian of the horologe at Ely (1291) was paid 3s. annually for looking after something, which cannot have been a trifling object, for many labourers would gladly have done a month's hard work for that sum."
— John North, God's Clockmaker (2007)
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English orloge, from Norman oriloge, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). It is cognate with French horloge, Italian orologio, and Spanish reloj, and a doublet of Horologium and horologium.
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What is the meaning of horologe?
"horologe" (noun) means another word for a sundial or a clock, a device that shows the time of day.
What is another word for horologe?
Other words for "horologe" include timepiece, timekeeper.
