Meanings
alternative Horologion
- uncountableChristianityA liturgical book containing the daily offices of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
The Orthodox horologion is roughly equivalent to the Catholic breviary.
Synonyms: horologium, book of hours
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA liturgical book containing the daily offices of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὥρα“time period, hour”
- Medieval Greekὡρολόγιον“book of hours”
- Englishhorologion
From Medieval Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion, “book of hours”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time period, hour”) + λόγιον (lógion, “record; measuring device”), from λόγος (lógos) + -ιον (-ion). Doublet of horologe and horologium. See menologion.
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