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Horography

Horography \Ho*rog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? hour + -graphy: cf. F. horographie.]

  1. An account of the hours.
    --Chaucer.

  2. The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials.

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horography

n. local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events