Meaning of tintinnabulum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.
2. A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.

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...”

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