tintinnabulismn.
The art or practice of bell-ringing.Apparently an isolated use.
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bell-ringOE
ringingc1300
bell-ringingc1350
knoll1379
toll1452
tollinga1513
jowing1516
round ringinga1661
tintinnabulism1826
clocking1863
clappering1874
tintinnabulation1883
1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 474 An Armenian mass, with all its ‘tintinabulism’, and nasal singing, and ‘incondite music’.
Derivatives
tintiˈnnabulist n. a professional bell-ringer.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > bell-ringer > [noun]
ringerc1425
bell-ringer1543
toller1550
knoller1611
stretch-rope1634
college youth1668
change ringer1756
handbell ringera1802
tintinnabulary1825
tintinnabulist1830
treble-ringer1899
1830 Fraser's Mag. 2 450 An army of red~coated tintinnabulists are called for to remind the greasy citizens of the time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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