Definition of "tintinnabulation" []

• The ringing or sounding of bells. (noun)

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• "I just like the sound of the word tintinnabulation and if you look it up in the OED, it simply describes a sound made by the ringing of a bell."
• "It is an example of what Mr. Pärt calls tintinnabulation, a slow, introspective style, with the strings playing in a high register, that often evokes the pealing of bells."
• "It's that tripping, multi-syllabic word that sounds like a bell clanging: "tintinnabulation" that I love so much."