carillon
noun/kəˈrɪljən/
/ˈkærəlɑːn/
- a set of bells on which tunes can be played, sometimes using a keyboard
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- a tune played on bells
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Old French quarregnon ‘peal of four bells’, based on Latin quattuor ‘four’.
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