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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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
Like the bells of crystal on the sistrums of Isis at Dendarah Temple,' he added half-dreamily.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
Aloud the sistrums ring— Osiris!—to our god Osiris sing!—
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by George Gilfillan
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
