timbrel

• The Mirasis are also known as Pakhawaji, from the pakhawaj or timbrel which they play; as Kawwal or one who speaks fluently, that is a professional, story-teller; and as Kalawant or one possessed of art or skill. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
• Phoenician patera, from Idalium, showing a religious ritual dance before a goddess in a temple round a sun emblem When they passed the Red Sea, Miriam and the maidens danced in chorus with singing and the beating of the timbrel (tambour). —  The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.
• Tympanum is used for a timbrel or drum, tympanidia a diminutive of it. —  Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth
• The timbrel, the stringed instruments, the organ, the cymbals, and every conceivable instrument of praise is in the hands of the heavenly host. —  The Harp of God
• "I confess I don't quite know what a timbrel is A sort of tambourine, I suppose," said Hannah merrily, "and she sang because the children of Israel were saved." They both laughed heartily, but when the waltz was over they returned to their individual gloom. —  Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People

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