单词 | horologium |
释义 | horologiumn. 1. = horologe n. 1; a dial, clock, or chronometer. horologium Florae: see horologe n. 1b. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1661 |
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