Definition of Sistrums

1. Noun. (plural of sistrum) ¹

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Definition of Sistrums

1. sistrum [n] - See also: sistrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sistrums

sistering
sisterless
sisterlike
sisterliness
sisterly
sisterly love
sisters
sisters-in-law
sisters before misters
sistership
sisting
sistra
sistren
sistroid
sistrum
sistrums (current term)
sists
sisu
sisyphus
sit
sit-and-go
sit-and-goes
sit-down
sit-down money
sit-down strike
sit-downs
sit-in
sit-inner
sit-inners
sit-ins

Literary usage of Sistrums

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

1. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1836)
"In the Royal collection at Berlin, there are two sistrums ; these, however, ... 120, where it is observed that " many sistrums are pres,'ived in the ..."

2. Pompeii: Its Life and Art by August Mau, Francis Willey Kelsey (1899)
"Among the ornamental forms are many of Egyptian origin, as figures of Egyptian priests, sistrums, sphinxes, and creatures of the Nile, whence we infer that ..."

3. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"5, we find D'J^JD rendered cornets, which are wind instruments resembling the trumpets, but the best Hebrew scholars render it sistrums. ..."

4. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to by James Henry Breasted (1906)
"I executed for him the offering-tables, — (shm-) sistrums and (ssy 1-) sistrums, necklace-rattles (mny-wt), censers, ..."

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