Etymology

crepitaculum

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Today it means: A clapper or noisemaker sometimes used in place of an altar bell. Full definition →

Latin crepitaculum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcrepitaculum
  2. English todaycrepitaculum

From Latin crepitaculum.

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