sistrum
noun
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
sistrums
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pluralof sistrum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"She who sends me to rest with a sweet voice, and with her beautiful hands bearing two sistrums."
From There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer
And at every pause was heard the sound of the sistrums, of cymbals, of tabors, of psalteries, of bagpipes, harps, and sackbuts.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
Three figures of Isis, Osiris, and Horus, joined together, advanced, drawn in a carriage of gold and precious stones, by a hundred senators of Memphis, preceded by a hundred girls, playing upon the sacred sistrums.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
Steps led up to the altar, and upon them were disposed young priests and priestesses with tympani and sistrums, with flutes and tabours.
From Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin
Could you not fancy that you saw heaven open, angels holding sistrums of gold, prostrate seraphs swinging their fragrant censers, and the archangels leaning on the flaming swords with which they have vanquished the heathen?
From Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac
