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tintinnabulation

tin·tin·na·bulation

UK/ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən/ US/ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

the sound of a bell 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
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Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).

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