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horary [hawr-uh-ree, hohr-] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective Archaic. pertaining to an hour; indicating the hours: the horary circle. occurring every hour; hourly. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of horary 1610–20; Medieval Latin hōrārius, equivalent to hōr(a) hour + -ārius -ary Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for horary Historical Examples of horary
To what other ark, then, could he have been alluding, if not to the horary diurnal ark?
Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851
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It is needful to remember the colours belonging to the signs, as they are especially useful in horary questions.
Rosa Baughan
Horary questions are questions asked at a certain time when a person feels anxious concerning any undertaking or impending event.
Rosa Baughan
In nativities, they seem to consider them as indices; but, in horary questions, as causes.
A Morning’s Walk from London to Kew
Richard Phillips
This, he says, occurs along the equator, where the horary motion is at its maximum; and thus the tropic current is formed.
Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas
W. Hastings Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for horary horary adjective archaic relating to the hours hourly Word Origin for horary C17: from Medieval Latin hōrārius; see hour 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
