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In the Middle Ages, clarion was a noun, the name for a trumpet that could play a melody in clear, shrill tones. The noun has since been used for the sound of a trumpet or a similar sound. By the early 1800s, English speakers also started using the word as an adjective for things that ring as clear as the call of a well-played trumpet. Not surprisingly, clarion ultimately derives (via the Medieval Latin clario-) from clarus, which is the Latin word for "clear." In addition, clarus gave English speakers clarify, clarity, declare ("to make clearly known"), and clear itself.
Examples of clarion in a Sentence
Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
Kirk, a clarion conservative influencer, was shot to death Sept. 10 on the campus of Utah Valley University.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2025
This was the clarion shot from the southern California shores, an indelible Beach Boys classic that packs into its 2 minutes and 29 seconds an announcement of a great sound, the pitching of a great new sport and the promise of a West Coast idyll that persists to this day.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 June 2025
The prose describing this unusual but compelling family dynamic is clipped and clarion.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
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“Clarion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clarion. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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