temporal hour

tem·po·ral hour

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tem-per-uh l, tem-pruh l ouuh r, ou-er]
- /ˈtɛm pər əl, ˈtɛm prəl aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tem-per-uh l, tem-pruh l ouuh r, ou-er]
- /ˈtɛm pər əl, ˈtɛm prəl aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definition of temporal hour words

noun temporal hour a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours. 1

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1585-95

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adjective

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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