Online Encyclopedia
Make a correction
Your email address will not appear on the site. Note, comments may take some time to be approved.
Back to article:
HOUR
Your email:
Article name:
Article content:
HOUR, the twenty-fourth part of a civil day, the twelfth part of a natural day or night, a space of time of sixty minutes' duration. The word is derived through the O. Fr. ure, ore, houre, mod. heure, from Lat. hora, Gr. 6pa, season, time of day, hour (see CALENDAR).