"tintinnabulum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tintinnabula [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|tintinnābulum||a small monastic bell}} Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”) Head templates: {{en-noun|tintinnabula}} tintinnabulum (plural tintinnabula)
  1. A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.
    Sense id: en-tintinnabulum-en-noun-ccmkdieF
  2. A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy. Categories (topical): Percussion instruments
    Sense id: en-tintinnabulum-en-noun-0yyxVFf- Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tinniolum

Inflected forms

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