clarion
see also: Clarion
Pronunciation
Clarion
Proper noun
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see also: Clarion
Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈklæɹiən/
clarion (plural clarions)
- (historical, musical instrument) A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound.
- Synonyms: claro
- The clarion's call to action has been heard.
- (heraldiccharge) A different type of musical instrument resembling an organ.
clarion (clarions, present participle clarioning; past and past participle clarioned)
- (intransitive) To sound a clarion trumpet-like instrument.
- (figurative) To make a similar sound to the instrument.
- 1946, Rebecca Rogers, They Ask for Bread (page 16)
- His deep voice clarioned the words and he paused, hearing them whisper away into their last faint echoes in the organ loft.
- 1946, Rebecca Rogers, They Ask for Bread (page 16)
Clarion
Proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
- A city/county seat in Wright County, Iowa.
- A borough/county seat in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
- A ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah.
- A river in Pennsylvania, a tributary of the Allegheny River.
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