Tintinnabulum
/ˌtɪntɪˈnæbjʊləm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.
Example
More examples"...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..."
Etymology
From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).