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church bell en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.
   • As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag. 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:

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Translations (15)

hu harang (bell of a church) · nl kerkklok (bell of a church) · nn kyrkjeklokke (bell of a church) · fi kirkonkello (bell of a church) · af kerkklok (bell of a church) · mk камба́на (bell of a church) · izh kirkonkello (bell of a church) · ota ناقوس (bell of a church) · da kirkeklokke (bell of a church) · et kirikukell (bell of a church) · pl dzwon kościelny (bell of a church) · nb kirkeklokke (bell of a church) · pt sino de igreja (bell of a church) · de Kirchenglocke (bell of a church) · sv kyrkklocka (bell of a church)