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clarion v (rare)

(transitive) To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). (figuratively) To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people. (also figuratively) Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion. (intransitive) To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion. clarion n (music, historical or poetic) 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. (by extension) (poetic) The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion. (music) An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1). (heraldry) 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. clarion adj Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear. For some Christian churches, today is the feast day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians.

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