Bible Encyclopedias
Cymbalum
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
This word is occasionally used for a bell, or some other sonorous instrument used instead of a bell. Thus Gregory the Great (Dialogue, 1:9) speaks of a cymbalum; and Durandus (Rationale, 1:4, 2) of monks being called to the refectory by the sound of a cymbalum which hung in the cloister. See Smith, Diet. of Christ. Biog. s.v. (See CYMBAL).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cymbalum'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cymbalum.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.