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Noun: carillon  'ker-u,lón or ker-u-lun [N. Amer], 'ka-ru-l(y)un or 'ka-ru,lón [Brit]
  1. Set of bells hung in a bell tower
    "The carillon chimed melodiously every hour"
     
  2. Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
    "The carillon playing could be heard throughout the town square";
    - bell ringing, carillon playing

Derived forms: carillons

Type of: bell, chime, gong, music

Encyclopedia: Carillon, Richmond, Virginia