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Definition of Clave
1. Noun. (musical instruments) One half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic obsolete) (past of cleave) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clave
1. one of a pair of percussion sticks [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clave
Literary usage of Clave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"... adapted to the present needs of Cuba and Porto Rico. Fisher. HN 35c: pa. 20c.
Page. Cuban-American tratado analítico y clave: Ruiz. LA $1. Lippincott. ..."
2. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Acts of the Apostles Designed for by Albert Barnes (1852)
"34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed : among the % hich was ...
clave unto him. Adhered to him firmly ; embraced the Christian religion. ..."
3. Notes Explanatory and Practical on the Acts of the Apostles: Designed for ...by Albert Barnes by Albert Barnes (1863)
"clave unto Aim. Adhered to him firmly ; embraced the Christian religion.
T ]>ft>ni/.ihis. Nothing more is certainly known of this man than is here stated. ..."
4. The Acts: An Exposition by Charles Rosenbury Erdman (1919)
"34 But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius
the Areopagite, and a woman named ..."
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