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Horae [hawr-ee, hohr-ee] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN plural noun Classical Mythology. goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace). Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of Horae From the Latin word Hōrae literally, hours Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for horae Historical Examples of horae
These, with the exception of the last, which is not quite so common, occur in most Horae.
Alfred W. Pollard
They were used again, with some additions, in a Horae completed 20 October, 1531.
Alfred W. Pollard
This form appears peculiar to the neighbourhood of the Rhone, Horae Ferales.
Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
A Horae of May 8, 1492, substitutes floral borders for these little pictures.
Alfred W. Pollard
The Horae, or Books of Hours, were the latest development of the service-books used at an earlier period.
Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for horae Horae pl n classical myth the goddesses of the seasonsAlso called: the Hours Word Origin for Horae Latin: hours 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
