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Horae

Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːɹi/

The English word “Horae” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “hours; seasons”).

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