Definition of Clarion

1. Noun. A medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone.

Generic synonyms: Brass, Brass Instrument

2. Verb. Blow the clarion.
Category relationships: Music, Music
Generic synonyms: Play

3. Adjective. Loud and clear. "A clarion call"
Similar to: Loud

4. Verb. Proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion.
Generic synonyms: Exclaim, Proclaim, Promulgate

Definition of Clarion

1. n. A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

Definition of Clarion

1. Noun. (music) A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound. ¹

2. Adjective. Loud and clear. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clarion

1. to proclaim by blowing a medieval trumpet [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clarion

clarifies
clarifying
clarifyingly
clarinet
clarinet section
clarinetist
clarinetists
clarinets
clarinettist
clarinettists
claringbullite
clarini
clarino
clarinos
clarion (current term)
clarion call
clarioned
clarionet
clarionets
clarioning
clarions
clarithmetic
clarithmetical
clarithromycin
clarities
claritude
claritudes
clarity
clarkeite

Literary usage of Clarion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Balancing Reading & Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English by Mary Cappellini (2005)
"clarion Books, 1994. A Perfect Father's Day by Eve Bunting. clarion Books, 2000. A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting. Harcourt Brace, 1999. ..."

2. Selected Cases on the Law of Quasi-contracts by Edwin Hamlin Woodruff (1905)
"clarion COUNTY. 66 PA. ST. 218.—1870. READ, J.—The bridge across Red Bank creek, ... There can be little doubt that morally clarion county was bound to pay ..."

3. Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating by Pennsylvania State Library, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg (1898)
"Philip Corbet and moved to clarion county. iii. William, b. 1796; also settled on a farm in clarion county located by his father. 3. v. Robert Anderson, b. ..."

4. Pennsylvania Glaciation, First Phase: Materials for a Discussion of the by Edward Higginson Williams (1917)
"The area it covered is thus divided: clarion River Headwaters. ... clarion River Headwaters.—The last statement about West Creek Summit was that 15 feet of ..."

5. The Craftsmanby Gustav Stickley by Gustav Stickley (1905)
"Embroidery, the Art of, and The clarion Guild of Handicraft, Stewart Dick, 361: embroidery the art of the home; mediaeval; modern revival of work of clarion ..."

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