carillonnoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈrɪl.jən/us/ˈkær.ə.lɑːn/(a tune played on) a set of bells, usually hung in a tower
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- adios
- al fresco
- aloha
- aloo
- alu
- andante
- Angrez
- angst
- bon voyage
- corps de ballet
- déjà vu
- libretto
- operetta
- prima ballerina
- reveille
- scherzo
- smorgasbord
- sonata
- virtuoso
- wanderlust
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- As that died down, the chimes of the Cathedral—the sweetest carillon I have ever heard—sounded one o'clock.
- It is a full hour after the time fixed, and now at last, as the carillon finishes, there are sounds of heavy boots upon the staircase.
- The Cathedral clock was stopped and the carillon turned off for the first time in heaven only knows how many years.
- This is Bruges sleeping peacefully in old age, lulled to rest by the sound of its own carillon.
- What man is there to whom the bells of his village, the carillon of his city, is not most dear?