tintinnabulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the sound of a bell ringing
    ring; ringing.
    • the distinctive ring of the church bell
    • the ringing of the telephone
    • the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

WordNet

Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion noun
Definitions
  1. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe.

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