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ribible

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ribibe + -le (diminutive)

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Noun

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ribible (plural ribibles)

  1. (obsolete) A ribibe or rebec.
    • 1853, Canon Daniel Rock, chapter 10, in The Church of Our Fathers, volume 3:
      (469) [] these gleemen [] not only played on harp and sytol, rote, sawtry, and ribible, but sang hymns to heaven in praise of the saint whose remains lay enshrined before them.

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ribible (plural ribibles)

  1. ribible