sistrums
- plural of sistrum.
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 Lorimer, Norma
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
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 Gilfillan, George
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 Balzac, Honoré de
Like the bells of crystal on the sistrums of Isis at Dendarah Temple,' he added half-dreamily.
From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham
