carillon
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- noun
- /ˈkɛrɪlɒn/
:
carillón
- The cathedral has a carillon of 53 bells, ranging in weight from 15 pounds to 12 tons.
- carillon bell
- sound of the carillon
- played on a carillon
Examples
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Graceful buildings, green lawns, a carillon chiming.
Fiction book (1993) -
Giulia jogged past St. Thomas Church as the electric carillon finished "O Sanctissima" and the Angelus bell rang.
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The amplified sounds of a carillon played a pleasant melody.
Fiction book (1990) -
We must have sat through a whole chorus of "Moon River" amplified from the carillon tower across campus.
Fiction book (1990) -
The only time I have ever heard a canned song from the carillon is at rush hour, five o'clock.
Fiction book (1998) -
For motorists coming off the seven-mile-long bridge over Tampa Bay, the carillon park is the first sight.
Fiction book (1998) -
Hundreds of people strolled or rested at tables with steins of beer or stared up at the hall's carillon of life-size clockwork dancers and musicians.
Fiction book (1992) -
On the street, they heard bells gonging in several churches, trains whistling down at Union Station, the carillon clanging in the City Hall tower, and the air-raid siren wailing for the last time.
Fiction book (2002) -
The amplified sounds of a carillon played a pleasant melody.
Synonyms
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A clear musical ringing sound made by a bell or a set of bells
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Etymology
Carillon comes from French where it once meant 'a peal of bells' or the sound of bells 'ringing'. So a carillon is exactly that: a large set of bells in a tower that you can play like a musical instrument.