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Carillon
01
a musical installation composed of multiple tuned bells, typically arranged in a tower and sounded via a clavier or automated mechanism
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
carillons
Examples
Each Sunday morning, the church 's carillon chimed the quarter hours across the village.
02
a melodic composition specially crafted for performance on a carillon
Examples
At dawn, he delivered a serene carillon of hymns to welcome the summer solstice.
