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harmonium (n.)

keyboard instrument, a kind of reed-organ popular late 19c. in homes and smaller churches, 1847, from French harmonium, from Greek harmonia (see harmony). Harmonium-like instruments predate the improved version patented 1840 in France by Alexandre Debain, who gave it the name.

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Definitions of harmonium from WordNet

harmonium (n.)
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows;
Synonyms: organ / reed organ
From wordnet.princeton.edu