Sekirov Dictionary

clarion

/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ən/

noun5

  1. (literary, historical) 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.
  2. (literary) The sound of a clarion, or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion.
  3. An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion.
  4. The middle register of the clarinet.
  5. 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.

verb4

  1. (rare) To announce or herald (something) using a clarion.
  2. (figurative, rare) To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people.
  3. (rare) Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion.
  4. (rare) To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion.

adjective1

  1. Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear.
forms

clarioned · clarioning · clarions

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