horary

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin hōrārius, from Latin hōra (“hour”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔːɹəɹi/ === Adjective === horary (not comparable) Pertaining to an hour or hours. Occurring every hour; hourly. (obsolete) Having a duration of just an hour; short-lived. (astrology, of a question) Whose answer can be worked out by drawing up a horoscope of the exact time the question was asked. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === horary (plural horaries) (rare, ecclesiastical) 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. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “horary”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.