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Synonyms for carillon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kar-uh-lon, -luh n or, esp. British, kuh-ril-yuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær əˌlɒn, -lən or, esp. British, kəˈrɪl yən

Définition of carillon

Origin :
  • 1775, from French carillon, which, according to French sources, is from Old French carignon "set of four bells," an alteration of quarregon, from Vulgar Latin *quadrinionem, from Latin quaternionem "set of four," from quater "four times," from PIE *kwetrus, from root *kwetwer- "four" (see four).
  • noun set of bells
Example sentences :
  • The child went out of the place sadly, as the carillon rang.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • His engagement to Miss Carillon had not been an agreeable experience.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • "You seemed to think differently at Carillon not long ago," he returned.
  • Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • From the time he held her in his arms at Carillon, he knew it.
  • Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • Then comes the faint music of the carillon laughing in the night.
  • Extract from : « Vayenne » by Percy Brebner
  • The words of this song were adapted in 1790 to the tune of ‘Carillon National.’
  • Extract from : « Charles Dickens and Music » by James T. Lightwood
  • It was broken only by the chiming of a carillon clock in the hall below.
  • Extract from : « The Testing of Diana Mallory » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • What man is there to whom the bells of his village, the carillon of his city, is not most dear?
  • Extract from : « A Beleaguered City » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • But to do that with the Carillon was found to be inexpedient.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 » by Various
  • She knew that she must do it; she had driven her canoe out into the resistless current to ride the Rapids of Carillon.
  • Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

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