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Tintinnabulum

//ˌtɪntɪˈnæbjʊləm// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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..."

  2. 2
    A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.

Etymology

From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).

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