clarion
Meaning
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- A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.
- The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion.
- An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1).
- A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.
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Hyphenated as
clar‧i‧on
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈklæ.ɹɪ.ən/
Etymology
In summary
The noun is derived from Middle English clarion, clarioun (“trumpet with a narrow tube and a shrill sound, clarion; clarion player”) [and other forms], from Old French claron, clarïon (“clarion”) [and other forms], from Medieval Latin clāriōn, clario, clārōn (“clarion; trumpet”), from Latin clārus (“audible; clear, distinct, loud; (visually) bright, clear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, summon; to cry”). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun.
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