Horologe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɔɹəˌloʊd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Horologe is a noun meaning (archaic or historical) Synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day.
Meaning
(archaic or historical) Synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day.
Example Sentences
He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle.
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.
A SOUL is not like wind (spiritus, or breath) contained within a capsule; the ALMIGHTY MAKER is not like a Clockmaker that once, in old immemorial ages, having made his Horologe of a Universe, sits ever since and sees it go! Not at all. Hence comes Atheism; come, as we say, many other isms […]
Word Forms
- horologes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include horloge, horologium, horometer, heliotrope, houre, hodometry.
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