tintinnabulation
the ringing or sound of bells.
Origin of tintinnabulation
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How to use tintinnabulation in a sentence
Thereupon should have followed tintinnabulation of the bells in all the rooms and corridors outside the Chamber.
The reporters were ringing the front-door bell and the rapid-fire tintinnabulation was driving Frederick frantic.
H. R. | Edwin LefevreMidnight had some time passed when everybody was awakenedbut that graduallyby a tintinnabulation of silvery bells.
The Corner House Girls on Palm Island | Grace Brooks HillAt this moment Mr. Mayor, already wakened and discomposed by the violent tintinnabulation, rushed out: 'What!'
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 | Thomas de QuinceyAmidst the whole tintinnabulation is a soft resonant echo of horns below, like an image in a lake.
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies | Philip H. Goepp
British Dictionary definitions for tintinnabulation
/ (ˌtɪntɪˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən) /
the act or an instance of the ringing or pealing of bells
Derived forms of tintinnabulation
- tintinnabular, tintinnabulary or tintinnabulous, adjective
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