Home › Words › R › ribibleribible/ɹɪˈbaɪbəl/ribible means A ribibe or rebec.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ribible ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.ribible is pronounced /ɹɪˈbaɪbəl/.EtymologyRibibe + -le (diminutive)nounA ribibe or rebec.e.g.“(469) […] these gleemen […] not only played on harp and sytol, rote, sawtry, and ribible, but sang hymns to heaven in praise of the saint whose remains lay enshrined before them.” — 1853, Canon Daniel Rock, chapter 10, in The Church of Our Fathers, volume 3:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).