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tintinnabula

tintinnabula is the plural of tintinnabulum.

Meaning of tintinnabulum

Noun

tintinnabulum (plural tintinnabula)

  1. A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.
    • ...it is worth while to enumerate the different kinds of bells named by Hieronymus Magius in his work De Tintinnabulis:—1. Tintinnabulum, a little bell, otherwise called tinniolum, for refectory or dormitory, according to Belethus, but Durandus names squilla for the refectory...1878, Hugh Reginald Haweis, "Bell", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th edition, Volume III, pages 536–7
  2. A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.

Questions about tintinnabula

What is tintinnabula the plural of?
Tintinnabula is the plural of tintinnabulum.

Words near tintinnabula in the dictionary

  1. tintinaite
  2. tintiness
  3. tinting
  4. tintings
  5. Tintinhull
  6. tintinnabula
  7. tintinnabular
  8. tintinnabularies
  9. tintinnabulary
  10. tintinnabulate
  11. tintinnabulated

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