Tintinnabulation \Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion\, n.
A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. --Poe.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tintinnabulation
n : the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the
church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the
tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the
ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ring,
ringing]
WordNet (r) 2.0
ring, ringing
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