tintinnabulation

/ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/

Etymology

Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).

tintinnabulation means A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

Why this word is great

TINTINNABULATION — [Noun] The resonant, collective ringing or tinkling of bells. From Latin tintinnabulum ("a bell"), from tintinnare ("to ring, jingle"), a reduplicated form of tinnire ("to ring"), combined with the English suffix -ation. Unlike "chime," which suggests a single, clean, melodic note, or "jingle," which implies a light, commercial clatter, tintinnabulation is the dense, atmospheric texture of bell-sound itself. It is the cold carillon from a distant spire, the frantic silver alarm of a sleigh harness in snow, and the deep, oceanic swell of a cathedral's peal stilling the city—a resonance that carries the weight of time measured and time lost, the auditory ghost of celebration, alarm, or vespers that hangs long after the metal has stilled.

noun

A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.“Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust.”
The ringing of bells.“Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells — From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.”