Definition of Claviers

1. Noun. (plural of clavier) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Claviers

1. clavier [n] - See also: clavier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Claviers

clavicles
clavicorn
clavicula
clavicular
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery
clavicular facet
clavicular notch of sternum
clavicular part of pectoralis major muscle
clavicular percussion
claviculus
clavie
clavier
clavierist
clavieristic
clavierists
claviers (current term)
clavies
claviform
claviger
clavigerous
clavigers
clavinet
clavinets
clavipectoral fascia
clavis
clavula
clavulae
clavulanate
clavulanates
clavulanic

Literary usage of Claviers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Applications of Physical Forces by Amédée Guillemin (1877)
"The great organ is at the back, the choir organ is in front, and between these two are situated the claviers or key-boards which place the instrument at the ..."

2. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"Do you think that Madame de claviers will retain the same prestige in their eyes? ... You will have diminished the importance of the house of claviers, ..."

3. Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life and Writings by C. L. Hilgenfeldt, Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1869)
"Vater unser im Himmelreich, in E minor (Dorian), for two claviers ... Jesus Christus unser Heiland, in D minor, for two claviers, the canto fermo on the ..."

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