Horologion

//hɔɹəloʊd͡ʒiən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A liturgical book containing the daily offices of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches. uncountable

    "The Orthodox horologion is roughly equivalent to the Catholic breviary."

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book of hourshorologium

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"The Orthodox horologion is roughly equivalent to the Catholic breviary."

Etymology

From Byzantine 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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