单词 | church bell |
释义 | church belln. In early use: †a handbell used in church (obsolete). Later: a (usually large) bell, frequently one of a set, hung in the tower of a church and rung to call people to worship, at a wedding, funeral, festival, etc., or to tell the time.The ringing of changes (change n. 9a) or peals (peal n.1 1d) on a set of church bells is carried out as a pastime by societies of bell ringers, esp. in the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > bell > [noun] church belleOE wakerell1485 bearing-bell1508 houseling-bell1508 lich-bell1508 sacring-bell1508 sanctus-bell1508 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > church-bell knoll1379 mertun1536 church bell1609 kirk bell1629 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. 14 (table of contents) Hu mon scyle mæssan..ofer þone drenc singan & of ciricbellum drincan. eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. lxiii. 136 Drenc wiþ feondseocum men of ciricbellan to drincanne. 1609 Lives 19 Late Pyrates sig. D3v I reioyced more to heare the Cannons voyce that bid me to fight, then the Church-bell that cald me to prayer. 1683 G. Sinclair Nat. Philos. 154 The form..represents a Church-bell indeed, being round, wide below, and narrower in the top. 1736 J. Hort Proposal Quadrille in J. Swift Irish Misc. 5 The little Church-Bells shall cease their Babblings. 1798 R. Southey Victory in Occas. Pieces Hark..how the church-bells with redoubling peals Stun the glad ear! 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 166 The clang of innumerable church-bells comes tumultuously on the breeze. 1875 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire I. 374 At that time..the spoiling of church bells was considered a necessary adjunct to a reformation in religion. 1911 F. W. Galpin Old Eng. Instruments of Music xiv. 261 The invention of large church bells is generally attributed to Paulinus, Bishop of Nola in the Campagna, about the year 500 A.D. 1920 ‘R. Dehan’ Eve of Pascua 184 He had..been roused..by the unaccustomed clangour of a bell, a small church-bell of the tin-pot variety, rung with short aggressive tugs. 1951 W. Styron Lie down in Darkness ii. 55 Remotely a churchbell struck three. 2003 D. Roaf & A. White in J. Fauvel et al. Music & Math. 113 Church bells are still in regular use, now often functioning as a musical instrument played by a team. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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