clarion

[ klar-ee-uhn ]

/ ˈklær i ən /

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adjective

clear and shrill: the clarion call of a battle trumpet.

noun

an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.

the sound of this instrument.

any similar sound.

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Origin of clarion

1275–1325; Middle English <Medieval Latin clāriōn- (stem of clāriō) trumpet, equivalent to clār-clear + -iōn--ion

Words nearby clarion

clarification, clarify, Clarinda, clarinet, clarino, clarion, Clarissa, clarity, Clark, Clark cell, Clarke

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How to use clarion in a sentence

Let its latest much-praised British stage adaptation be a clarion call for a stint on Broadway.
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The National Front won its first-ever first-place finish nationally and sounded a clarion call across Europe.
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This is ground level reporting at its most important, at its most clarion.
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"The Third Jihad" was produced by a shadowy non-profit called the Clarion Fund, which now calls itself the Clarion Project.
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“We heard of the horns in the hills ringing”—that was how the poets of Rohan evoked the clarion call to action.
Tolkien’s Unfinished Epic: ‘The Fall of Arthur’|John Garth|May 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet the Clarion opposes sweating and tyranny and hypocrisy, and does its best to defeat and to destroy them.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Like a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
We walked on so together to the spot where we first had met, and where first the thrush had sounded for us his elfin clarion.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
He had unfolded the newspaper slowly and carefully, the sharp crackle of the paper would have been a clarion call to Agnes.
Time Enough at Last|Lyn Venable
Three more steps will make a certain shot, and—out rang Jack's nasal clarion, loud and clear as the morte at a fox-chase.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various

British Dictionary definitions for clarion

clarion

/ (ˈklærɪən) /

noun

a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ

an obsolete, high-pitched, small-bore trumpet

the sound of such an instrument or any similar sound

adjective

(prenominal) clear and ringing; inspiringa clarion call to action

verb

to proclaim loudly

Word Origin for clarion

C14: from Medieval Latin clāriō trumpet, from Latin clārus clear

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