So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances.
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Timbrel
//ˈtɪmbɹəl//
Synonyms for "timbrel" (28 found)
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3 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- тамбурина noun (a tambourine like percussion musical instrument)
French
1 entries- tambourin noun (a tambourine like percussion musical instrument)
Māori
1 entries- timipera noun (a tambourine like percussion musical instrument)
Sample sentences
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She leaped to her feet, and, catching up a timbrel, gracefully performed the movement of a dance.
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Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe, The timbrel and arch'd dome and costly feast, With all th' inventive arts that nurse the soul To forms of beauty […]
Source: wiktionary
"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"
Source: wiktionary
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