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Definition of Semantron
1. Noun. A percussion instrument used chiefly in Eastern Orthodox monasteries to summon the brethren to prayer or to lead processions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semantron
1. a makeshift bell [n SEMANTRA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semantron
Literary usage of Semantron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Athos; Or, The Mountain of the Monks by Athelstan Riley (1887)
"The semantron is used at Athos instead of bells for calling to prayer, and was
formerly universally employed by the Eastern Christians, bells having been ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In the Gr. Ch., an iron semantron; a large curved bar of iron struck instead of
a bell to summon worshipers to church. In Mohammedan countries bells are not ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"15, martyr; commemorated in Galaxia (Syr. Mart.). [CH] semantron', or ...
The officer whose dutv it was to sound the semantron was the candle-lighter, ..."
4. The Journey of William of Rubruck to the Eastern Parts of the World, 1253-55 by Willem van Ruysbroeck (1900)
"This board or bar is called semantron ... Khan " beat (the semantron) at the
hours, according to the fashion of the Greeks." Bells were not, however, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"After the time of Constantine some sonorous instrument, whether a clapper [semantron]
or a bell, seems to have been generally employed to give notice of the ..."
6. The Church Cyclopædia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1884)
"So now the summons to service is given by hammering upon a board suspended from
a rope or chain ( Vide semantron) or held by the centre in the hand. ..."
7. Greek Life: An Account of Past and Contemporary Conditions and Progress by John Manley Hall (1908)
"The semantron is usually a piece of an iron hoop, hanging from a tree in the
courtyard, which is struck by an iron hammer. It is a survival of the times ..."
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