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Horologium

Noun CEFR B2
hɔɹəˈloʊd͡ʒiəm

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.
  2. Synonym of chronometer or clock, a timekeeping device.
  3. Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.
  4. Synonym of astronomical clock.
  5. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.
  6. Synonym of horologion, the book of hours in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.
  7. Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
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Equivalents

EspañolHorologium
Françaishorloge
DeutschPendeluhr
9 more languages
ΕλληνικάΩρολόγιον
Galegoreloxo
Bahasa Melayujam
Polskizegar
PortuguêsHorologium
Русскийчасы

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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