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tin⋅tin⋅nab⋅u⋅la⋅tion
[tin-ti-nab-yuh-ley-shuh
n] 
–noun
| the ringing or sound of bells. |
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| tin·tin·nab·u·la·tion (tĭn'tĭ-nāb'yə-lā'shən) n. The ringing or sounding of bells. [From tintinnabulum.] |
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Tintinnabulation
Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion\, n. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. --Poe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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tintinnabulation
"the ringing of bells," 1831 (perhaps coined by Poe), from L. tintinnabulum "bell," from tintinnare "to ring, jingle" (reduplicated form of tinnire "to ring," from an imitative base) + instrumental suffix -bulum. Earlier forms in Eng. were tintinnabulary (1787), tintinnabulatory (1827), and tintinnabulum "small bell" (1398).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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