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horary

[ hawr-uh-ree, hohr- ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. pertaining to an hour; indicating the hours:

    the horary circle.

  2. occurring every hour; hourly.


horary

/ ˈɔːəɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to the hours
  2. hourly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of horary1

1610–20; < Medieval Latin ōܲ, equivalent to ō ( a ) hour + -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of horary1

C17: from Medieval Latin ōārius; see hour
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Example Sentences

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Attached to the chimney-piece was a horary, sculptured in stone, near which hung a large starfish.

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She has reduced the observations of ten thousand stars, and prepared a work of three hundred pages of horary tables—an immense work for her age and sex.

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In nativities, they seem to consider them as indices; but, in horary questions, as causes.

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It may, I believe, be explained in the circumstance that "ten" and "four," in horary reckoning, were convertible terms.

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This, he says, occurs along the equator, where the horary motion is at its maximum; and thus the tropic current is formed.

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