Home › Words › C › cressellecressellecresselle means A wooden rattle formerly used as a substitute for a bell in the Roman Catholic church.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, cresselle ranks #10,422 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrench crécelle (“rattle”).nounA wooden rattle formerly used as a substitute for a bell in the Roman Catholic church.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.crepitaculum 64% match — A clapper or noisemaker sometimes used in place of an altar bell. vs cresselle →cresset 59% match — A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:; A metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as portable illumination. vs cresselle →crotalum 58% match — A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere. vs cresselle →cressy 57% match — Abounding in cresses. vs cresselle →campanella 57% match — A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters. vs cresselle →crotal 57% match — A crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece. vs cresselle →crotale 56% match — A percussion instrument of archaic origin, resembling a metal castanet or cymbal. vs cresselle →tintinnabulum 56% match — A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks. vs cresselle →