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passing bell en · NOUN

Etymology

From passing + bell.

Meanings

  1. A bell rung to announce a passing, a death, or funeral; death bell, death knell.
    • What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? — Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth:

Forms

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passing-bell alternative lexicographic
passing bells Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

lych bell · dead bell · death knell · soul bell · death bell · mort bell · skellet bell · soul knell