horologe

UK: /ˈhɒrəˌlɒdʒ/ US: (hôr′ə lōj′, -loj′, hor′-)

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hor•o•loge  (hôr′ə lōj′, -loj′, hor′-), n. 

1. Time any instrument for indicating the time, esp. a sundial or an early form of clock.

• Latin, as above
• Middle French
• Latin hōrologium horologium; replacing Middle English orloge
• late Middle English 1375–1425

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horologe / ˈhɒrəˌlɒdʒ/ noun

1. a rare word for timepiece

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin hōrologium, from Greek hōrologion, from hōra hour + -logos from legein to tell