lyra

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.
2. noun A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.
3. noun A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
4. noun A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.

Similar words

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Often followed by

and apostolica germanica is innocentium was viol graeca sacra

Word family

Lyra