Definition of Claves

1. Noun. (musical instruments) (plural of clave) Claves are a percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Claves

1. clave [n] - See also: clave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Claves

clavate papillae
clavated
clavately
clavatin
clavation
clavations
clave
clavecin
clavecins
clavelin
clavelins
claver
clavered
clavering
clavers
claves (current term)
clavi
claviceps
clavichord
clavichordist
clavichordists
clavichords
clavicle
clavicle strap
clavicles
clavicorn
clavicula
clavicular
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery
clavicular facet

Literary usage of Claves

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

1. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 by Beverly (Mass.), Beverly (Mass (1907)
"Benja[min] claves [Cleaves, int.], and to Rev. Sam[ue]ll Fisk of Salem, Aug. 4, 1763.* Paine, Judith, and Pompey Hooper, resident of Beverly [of An- Seco, ..."

2. A Text-book of Church History by Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler (1858)
"claves enim, quas Ecclesia non poterat per omnes exercere ... 48: claves Ecclesiae datac sunt a Christo toti ... claves in Ecclesia. quia isti non ..."

3. The Theological Works of Herbert Thorndike by Herbert Thorndike (1844)
"Rapon- semper significant, non ergo hsc loca claves ... id est, tits non promisit claves domus David, ... principatus, is quern Shobna claves regni ..."

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