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Webster 1913 Edition

Horography

Ho-rog′ra-phy

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] hour +
-graphy
: cf. F.
horographie
.]
1.
An account of the hours.
Chaucer.
2.
The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.

Webster 1828 Edition

Horography

HOROG'RAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr. hour, and to write.]
1.
An account of hours.
2.
The art of constructing dials.

Definition 2024

horography

horography

English

Noun

horography ‎(uncountable)

  1. local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] ‎(“hour”) + -graphy. Compare French horographie.

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