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   carillon

   /ˈkarɪlɒn/

   noun

   • 1. a set of bells played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism similar to a piano roll.
   • ▪ a tune played on a carillon.

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French, from Old French quarregnon ‘peal of four bells’, based on Latin quattuor ‘four’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. carillonneur noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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