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/ˈhɔɹəˌloʊd͡ʒ/ · noun
(archaic or historical) Synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day..
He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle.
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 […]
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.
Use horologe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Horologe means (archaic or historical) Synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day..
Common synonyms include sundial or clock.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle.
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