Usually means: Ancient musical instrument with rattles.
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  1. sistrum: Merriam-Webster
  2. sistrum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sistrum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sistrum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sistrum: Wordnik
  6. sistrum: Wiktionary
  7. sistrum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. sistrum: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sistrum: Dictionary.com
  10. Sistrum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Sistrum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. sistrum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Sistrum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. sistrum: FreeDictionary.org
  15. sistrum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sistrum: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. sistrum: Global Glossary
  3. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sistrum: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sistrum)

▸ noun:  An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.

Similar:
organistrum, timburine, sticcado, zendrum, tamburin, timbal, cabasa, dhantal, agida, sekere, more...

Adjectives:
egyptian, sacred, golden, bronze, ancient, headed, silvery, broken, shaken, upraised, modern

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Similar:
organistrum, timburine, sticcado, zendrum, tamburin, timbal, cabasa, dhantal, agida, sekere, more...

Adjectives:
egyptian, sacred, golden, bronze, ancient, headed, silvery, broken, shaken, upraised, modern



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