The knell rung or tolled at or after the death of a person. Also in extended use.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > mourning (4) soul-knell?a1300 The knell rung or tolled at or after the death of a person. Also in extended use. soul-knoll?c1500 The action of tolling the bell at a person's death; (in quot.) the sum paid for this. Cf. soul-knell, n., soul bell, n. minning1524 Commemoration of someone who has died by saying a mass, prayers, etc. Also: a peal of bells rung on such an occasion. Cf. mind, n.1 4b. dumb peal1799 a muffled peal of bells. |
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