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单词 horologium
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horologiumn.

/hɒrə(ʊ)ˈləʊdʒɪəm//hɒrəˈlɒdʒɪəm/
Forms: Also (in sense 3) -on.
Etymology: < Latin hōrologium, Greek ὡρολόγιον: see horologe n.
1. = horologe n. 1; a dial, clock, or chronometer. horologium Florae: see horologe n. 1b.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > instrument or timepiece
horologea1382
dial1410
horology1509
horologiuma1661
timekeeper1674
timepiece1708
time machine1870
digital1975
the world > plants > by age or cycles > [noun] > time of opening or closing of petals or leaves > table recording
horologium Florae1866
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 72 He presented King Henry the 8. with a Horologium..observing the shadow of the sun.
1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles I. ii. 29 The horologium or water-clock.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Horologium Floræ, a time-paper of flowers; a table explaining the time at which the same flowers expand in different latitudes.
2. Astrology. One of the southern constellations.
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the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Horologium
horologium1813
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Horologium,..a new southern constellation.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 297/1 Horologium, the Clock, a southern constellation of Lacaille. It is cut by a line passing through Canopus to the southern part of Eridanus.
3. Greek Orthodox Church. A book containing the offices for the canonical hours; corresponding to a certain extent with the Western breviary.
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society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > breviary or office book > [noun]
houra1250
journal1355
diurnal?a1550
breviary1611
horary1631
office-book1709
horologium1724
brevial1847
horae1875
hour-book1896
1724 D. Waterland Crit. Hist. Athanasian Creed vi. 56 This Horologion belong'd to a monk of Constantinople.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Horologium, Horologion, is also a Name the Greeks give to their Liturgy, or Breviary.
1875 W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. I. 784 The contents of the Great Horologium, which is the fullest form.
1875 W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. I. 784 The Horologion is often prefaced by the calendar of the Menology, which begins with September.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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