semantronn.

Brit.

/sᵻˈmantrɒn/, U.S.

/səˈmænˌtrɑn/

Inflections: plural semantra, semantrons.

Forms: 1800s– semandron, 1800s– semantron, 1800s– simandro, 1800s– simandron, 1900s– simantro, 1900s– simantron.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek σήμαντρον, σήμαντρο.

Etymology: < Byzantine Greek σήμαντρον type of gong used to summon believers to worship (in modern Greek now usually σήμαντρο), specific use of ancient Greek σήμαντρον seal, sign, mark < σημαίνειν to show, signify (see semantic adj.) + -τρον , suffix forming nouns of instrument (compare -tron suffix).Forms with i in the first syllable, with medial -d-, without final -n, or all of these, reflect in varying degrees the pronunciation of the modern Greek noun, /ˈsimandro/. In plural form semantra after the Greek plural form σήμαντρα.

Orthodox Church.

A wooden or metal bar which produces a sound when struck by a mallet, and is used to summon worshippers to service.

ΚΠ

1849 R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries Levant p. i Interior of the Court of a Greek Monastery. A monk is calling the congregation to prayer, by beating a board called the simandro..which is generally used instead of bells.

1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church: Pt. 1 I. ii. ii. 217 The word semantra..properly signifies..the instruments..by which the people were called together before bells were introduced into the east... They are of two kinds, wooden and iron. The wooden semantron is generally a long, well planed piece of timber.

1912 W. G. Holmes Age Justinian & Theodora I. i. 110 At the boom of the great semantron..the various congregations issue forth to attend their respective places of worship.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 581/5 The simantron..which summons the monks of Athos to prayer is a wooden not a brass instrument.

1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 May v. 15/1 Items still in daily use, such as the wooden and iron semantrons, gonglike instruments whose rhythmic beat one can hear shortly before mass, are pointed out with reverence by the monks.

2002 F. B. Flood Great Mosque Damascus iv. 138 The irritation caused by the sound of the semantron or the muezzin to the Muslim and Christian populations of Damascus respectively.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	semantron
释义	semantronn. Brit. /sᵻˈmantrɒn/, U.S. /səˈmænˌtrɑn/ Inflections: plural semantra, semantrons. Forms: 1800s– semandron, 1800s– semantron, 1800s– simandro, 1800s– simandron, 1900s– simantro, 1900s– simantron. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek σήμαντρον, σήμαντρο. Etymology: < Byzantine Greek σήμαντρον type of gong used to summon believers to worship (in modern Greek now usually σήμαντρο), specific use of ancient Greek σήμαντρον seal, sign, mark < σημαίνειν to show, signify (see semantic adj.) + -τρον , suffix forming nouns of instrument (compare -tron suffix).Forms with i in the first syllable, with medial -d-, without final -n, or all of these, reflect in varying degrees the pronunciation of the modern Greek noun, /ˈsimandro/. In plural form semantra after the Greek plural form σήμαντρα. Orthodox Church. A wooden or metal bar which produces a sound when struck by a mallet, and is used to summon worshippers to service. ΚΠ 1849 R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries Levant p. i Interior of the Court of a Greek Monastery. A monk is calling the congregation to prayer, by beating a board called the simandro..which is generally used instead of bells. 1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church: Pt. 1 I. ii. ii. 217 The word semantra..properly signifies..the instruments..by which the people were called together before bells were introduced into the east... They are of two kinds, wooden and iron. The wooden semantron is generally a long, well planed piece of timber. 1912 W. G. Holmes Age Justinian & Theodora I. i. 110 At the boom of the great semantron..the various congregations issue forth to attend their respective places of worship. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 581/5 The simantron..which summons the monks of Athos to prayer is a wooden not a brass instrument. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 May v. 15/1 Items still in daily use, such as the wooden and iron semantrons, gonglike instruments whose rhythmic beat one can hear shortly before mass, are pointed out with reverence by the monks. 2002 F. B. Flood Great Mosque Damascus iv. 138 The irritation caused by the sound of the semantron or the muezzin to the Muslim and Christian populations of Damascus respectively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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