chrononomyrare.|krəʊˈnɒnəmɪ| [f.Gr. χρόνο-ς time + -νοµία arrangement, ordering: see -nomy.] Mode of reckoning and measuring time. 1882Max Müller India, What can it teach us? 151 No necessity whatever for admitting..that the Hindus went to China for their lunar chrononomy.