carillon

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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car=il=lon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun carillon has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

carillonn. [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.].
  •  A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carillon, n.
1 a set of bells sounded either from a keyboard or mechanically.
2 a tune played on bells.
3 an organ-stop imitating a peal of bells.

Etymology
F f. OF quarregnon peal of four bells, alt. of Rmc quaternio f. L quattuor four

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