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Clarion
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Brass instruments:
A
medieval
brass instrument
chiefly
used as a
battle
signal
; related to the
trumpet
, it had a
narrow
,
straight
pipe
and a
high-pitched
,
piercing
sound.
●
The
sound
of a
clarion
(sense 1), or any
sound
resembling
the
loud
,
high-pitched
note
of a
clarion
.
●
In Music:
An
organ stop
consisting of
pipes
with
reeds
giving
a
high-pitched
note
like that
of a
clarion
(sense 1).
●
In Heraldic charges:
A
charge
thought
to
represent
a type of
wind instrument
, a
keyboard instrument
like a
spinet
, or perhaps a
rest
used by a
knight
to support a
lance
during jousting.
Adj
●
Of a
sound
, a
voice
, a
message
, etc.:
brilliantly
clear.
Verb
●
To
announce
or
herald
(something) using a
clarion
(noun
sense
1).
To
announce
or
herald
(something)
clearly
, especially
so as to
stir
or
unite
people.
●
Of a
thing
: to cause (a place) to
echo
with a
sound
like that
of a clarion.
●
To
sound
a
clarion
; also, to make a
high-pitched
,
piercing
sound
like that
of a
clarion
.
Name
●
An
unincorporated
community
in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
●
A
city
, the
county seat
of Wright County, Iowa, United States.
●
A
borough
, the
county seat
of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.
●
A
ghost town
in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.
●
A
river
in Pennsylvania, a
tributary
of the Allegheny River.
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