Horologe Definition
hôrə-lōj, hŏr-
noun
A timepiece; clock, hourglass, sundial, etc.
Webster's New World
1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. II, Gospel of Mammonism.
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 […]
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Middle English orloge from Old French from Latin hōrologium from Greek hōrologion hōrā hour, season yēr- in Indo-European roots legein to speak leg- in Indo-European roots
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From Latin horologium, "sundial" or "clock".
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