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horary

/ˈhɔːɹəɹi/

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From Medieval Latin hōrārius, from Latin hōra (“hour”).

adjective

not comparable Pertaining to an hour or hours.
not comparable Occurring every hour; hourly.
not comparable, obsolete Having a duration of just an hour; short-lived. horary, or soon decaying, fruits of summer
not comparable, of a question Whose answer can be worked out by drawing up a horoscope of the exact time the question was asked. But every kind of personal problem could be dealt with as an horary question.

noun horaries

rare A book containing the divine offices for the various canonical hours.
A narrative or account that is kept hourly.
A plan or programme that gives the hours at which events are to take place; a timetable; a horarium.

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adj (astrology, of a question)

עברית	שאילתא

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@misc{horary_2026,
  title = {horary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}