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trumpets |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trumpets \Trump"ets\, n. pl (Bot.) A plant ({Sarracenia flava}) with long, hollow leaves. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trumpets n : pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect wide-mouth yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with erect lids [syn: {huntsman's horn}, {huntsman's horns}, {yellow trumpet}, {yellow pitcher plant}, {Sarracenia flava}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Trumpets were of a great variety of forms, and were made of divers materials. Some were made of silver (Num. 10:2), and were used only by the priests in announcing the approach of festivals and in giving signals of war. Some were also made of rams' horns (Josh. 6:8). They were blown at special festivals, and to herald the arrival of special seasons (Lev. 23:24; 25:9; 1 Chr. 15:24; 2 Chr. 29:27; Ps 81:3; 98:6). Trumpets" are among the symbols used in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 1:10; 8:2). (See {HORN}.)
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