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Definition of Tintinnabulation
1. Noun. The sound of a bell ringing. "The tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"
Generic synonyms: Sound
Specialized synonyms: Bell Ringing
Derivative terms: Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Tintinnabulate
Definition of Tintinnabulation
1. n. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.
Definition of Tintinnabulation
1. Noun. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass. ¹
2. Noun. The ringing of bells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tintinnabulation
Literary usage of Tintinnabulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Assimilative Memory: Or, How to Attend and Never Forget by Marcus Dwight Larrowe (1896)
"1 The tintinnabulation wells. 2. The tintinnabulation that wells. 3.
The tintinnabulation that musically wells. 4. The tintinnabulation that so musically ..."
2. Assimilative Memory; Or, How to Attend and Never Forget by Marcus Dwight Larrowe (1896)
"The tintinnabulation wells. 2. The tintinnabulation that wells. 3. The tintinnabulation
that musically wells. 4. The tintinnabulation that so musically ..."
3. A Boy's Rehearsal by H. Elliott McBride (1879)
"Yes, go ahead, and let us hear the tintinnabulation of ... Bell—not the
tintinnabulation of Mr. Bell, but the tintinnabulation of John Bell. John. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. resonance] spec, tintinnabulation (literary), tinkling, etc., curfew, peal.
2. buzz (of the cars). riparian, ..."
5. Potter's American Monthly (1880)
"At a later period of his career, he, in describing his feelings, likened it to
the " tintinnabulation of the bells." The subject of Ned was dropped, ..."
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