Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SIS'TRUM
SIS'TRUM, n. [Gr. σειστρον, from σειω, to shake.]
A kind of timbrel which the Egyptian priests of Isis used to shake at the festivals of that goddess. – Brande.
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SIS'TRUM, n. [Gr. σειστρον, from σειω, to shake.]
A kind of timbrel which the Egyptian priests of Isis used to shake at the festivals of that goddess. – Brande.
Return to page 147 of the letter “S”.