Definitions for CLARION
ˈklær i ənclar·i·on

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clarionadjective

   a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone

2. clarionverb

   loud and clear

   "a clarion call"

3. clarionverb

   blow the clarion

4. clarionverb

   proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clarionnoun

   A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound.

   The clarion's call to action has been heard.

2. clarionadjective

   Loud and clear.

   A clarion call to action has been heard.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clarionnoun

   A trumpet; a wind-instrument of war.

   Etymology: clarin, Span. from clarus, loud, Lat.

   And after, to his palace he them brings,
   With shams, and trumpets, and with clarions sweet;
   And all the way the joyous people sings. Fairy Queen.

   Then strait commands, that at the warlike sound
   Of trumpets loud, and clarions, be uprear’d
   The mighty standard. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 53.

   Let fuller notes th’ applauding world amaze,
   And the loud clarion labour in your praise. Alexander Pope.

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1. clarion

   A clarion is a type of trumpet with a clear, shrill sound, used most notably in medieval times. It can also refer to a clear, vibrant sound or musical note. The term is often used metaphorically to describe a clear, powerful call to action or announcement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clarionnoun

   a kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill

2. Etymology: [OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon, LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L. clarus clear. See Clear.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Clarion

   The clarion, clarichord, clavicord or rest is a rare charge in heraldry of uncertain origin and purpose. In Canadian heraldry, it is the cadency mark of a ninth daughter. It is generally said to represent a musical instrument such as a panpipe, organ or recorder, but does not resemble the trumpet-like clarion known to modern musicians. Alternatively it has been said to represent a "rest", a device used by mediaeval knights to support a lance during jousting. To add to the confusion, "Claricord" is now the brand name of an adjustable neckstrap used to support the weight of a clarinet. The use of this word for an instrument resembling a panpipe or clarion horn suggests it was a wind instrument. However, Webster's Dictionary defines it as a string-instrument as follows: 1828 edition: CLARICHORD, n. A musical instrument in form of a spinet, called also manichord. It has forty nine or fifty stops or keys, and seventy strings; some of the latter being in unison. There are several little mortises for passing the jacks, armed with brass hooks, which stop and raise the chords, instead of the feather used in virginals and spinets. The chords are covered with pieces of cloth, which deaden the sound and render it sweeter. Hence it is particularly used by nuns.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clarion

   klar′i-on, n. a kind of trumpet whose note is clear and shrill: the sound of a trumpet, or a sound resembling that of a trumpet.—ns. Clar′inet, Clar′ionet, a wind-instrument, usually of wood, in which the sound is produced by a single thin reed.—The Bass Clarinet is pitched an octave lower than the ordinary clarinet. [Fr. clairon—clair—L. clarus, clear.]

Matched Categories

1. • Music
   • Play
   • Proclaim

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Anagrams for CLARION »

1. Alicorn

2. clairon

3. Locrian

4. carolin

5. colarin

How to pronounce CLARION?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say CLARION in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLARION in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLARION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of CLARION in a Sentence

1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   The shades of night were falling fast,As though an Alpine village passedA youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,A banner with the strange device,ExcelsiorHis brow was sad his eye beneath,Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,And like a silver clarion rungThe accents of that unknown tongue,Excelsior

2. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   Junk bonds are signaling with clarion bells: Do not raise interest rates.

3. Gurbir Grewal:

   In an era of diminished trust, we will, in appropriate circumstances, be requiring admissions in cases where heightened accountability and acceptance of responsibility are in the public interest, admissions, given their attention-getting nature, also serve as a clarion call to other market participants to stamp out and self-report the misconduct to the extent it is occurring in their firm.

4. President Biden on Monday:

   We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime, the Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights.

5. Joyce Beatty:

   Who should be afraid are those who won't stand up for voting rights. So we're sending a clarion call, and you can print this – shame on you for not doing it, so it's not what's going to happen to us, it's what's going to happen to them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CLARION
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clarion
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CLARION
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CLARION
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CLARION
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CLARION
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=CLARION