melodia
[ muh-loh-dee-uh ]
noun
an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.
Origin of melodia
1Special use of Late Latin melōdiamelody
Words Nearby melodia
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How to use melodia in a sentence
Sonant melliflua hymnorum organa, suavissima angelorum melodia, cantica canticorum mira!
Notre-Dame de Paris | Victor Hugomelodia seemed so friendly, Julie gained courage enough to purse up her lips for a speech, but the shade anticipated her.
The ghosts of their ancestors | Weymer Jay MillsThe song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is among the first to return to its summer home.
Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland | William S. ThomasSimilar to melodia but with less brown and the markings blacker and more distinct.
The Bird Book | Chester A. ReedThe diapason treble register is known as “melodia”; different makers occasionally vary the use of fancy names for other stops.
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