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semantron Gr. Orthodox Ch.|sɪˈmæntrɒn|
Also simandro, simantron; pl. semantra.
[med.Gr. use of Gr. σήµαντρον sign, mark.]
A wooden or metal bar struck by a mallet used to summon worshippers to service.
1849R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries of Levant p. i, Interior of the Court of a Greek Monastery. A monk is calling the congregation to prayer, by beating a board called the simandro..which is generally used instead of bells. 1850J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Ch. I. ii. ii. 217 The word semantra..properly signifies..the instruments..by which the people were called together before bells were introduced into the east... They are of two kinds, wooden and iron. The wooden semantron is generally a long, well planed piece of timber. 1912W. G. Holmes Age Justinian & Theodora I. i. 110 At the boom of the great semantron..the various congregations issue forth to attend their respective places of worship. 1939Archit. Rev. LXXXV. 289/1 Round the church..is a broad path along which a monk walks summoning the faithful to prayer by hammering on a simantron, a long piece of wood which he balances in one hand. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 581/5 The simantron..which summons the monks of Athos to prayer is a wooden not a brass instrument. |