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单词 passing bell
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passing belln.

Brit. /ˈpɑːsɪŋ ˌbɛl/, /ˈpasɪŋ ˌbɛl/, U.S. /ˈpæsɪŋ ˌbɛl/
Forms: see passing n. and bell n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: passing n., bell n.1
Etymology: < passing n. + bell n.1
1. A bell rung at a person's death or funeral; = death bell n. 1. Now chiefly historical.The bell is now rarely or never rung until after death has occurred (see Notes & Queries (1904) 1 308, 350, (1862) 2 246). For the former occasions of ringing in the Church of England, cf. Constit. & Canons Eccl. (1603) lxvii, ‘And when any is passing out of this life, a bell shall be tolled, and the Minister shall not then slack to do his last duty. And after the party's death, if it so fall out, there shall be rung no more than one short peal, and one other before the burial, and one other after the burial.’ Although the practice is not mentioned in the revised canons of the Church of England in 1969, a slow tolling bell is still sometimes rung before a funeral.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > bell > passing-bell
passing bell1526
passing peal1533
forthfare1551
death bell1554
soul bell1599
welcome home1878
1526 in H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon (1872) 463 The clerke to have for tollynge of the passynge belle,..if it be in the day, 0s. 4d.
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) v. 82 If I but chaunce to toule his passinge bell & giue ye parryshe notyce who is dead.
1664 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1908) I. 117 His passinge bell xxxd, a coffin xs, ringeinge of bells & Drinke to the ringers vjs ijd, [etc.].
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 149 If his Senses hold out so long, [he] can hear even his Passing-Bell without disturbance.
1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 8 Before the Passing Bell begun, The News thro' half the Town has run.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 332 More mournfully than dirge or passing bell, The joyous carol came.
1824 W. Scott Omen in Prose Wks. (1826) xi. 349 Funerals, churchyards..the sounds of the passing bell..are all of a gloomy character.
1866 J. S. Monsell Passing Bell 1 Listen! it is the Passing Bell. Lift up thy heart to God and pray. A soul is passing,—who can tell How prayer may help it on its way.
a1918 W. Owen Poems (1920) 11 What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
1999 C. Gittings in P. C. Jupp & C. Gittings Death in Eng. vi. 157 As the person lay dying, the passing bell would be tolled, with a stroke for every year of their age.
2. figurative. A thing that heralds the end or destruction of something.
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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > of passing of anything
passing bell1577
1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne xxv The Swan in songs, dooth knolle her passing bel.
1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London 7 Those heapes of Siluer..will be a passing bell, tolling in thine eare, and calling thee to a fearefull Audit.
1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 62 The Sounding of the Seventh Angel, Is the worlds Passing Bell.
1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies 90 When once that Clock has struck, all Hearts retire..'Tis Beauty's Passing-Bell.
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 6 One whose voice is a passing bell.
1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 29 Knowing well That but a moment's thought is passion's passing bell.
1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 103 The curfew of our great day The passing-bell of our way of knowing The knell of our bald-headed consciousness.
2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. 18 The bill would sound the passing bell for hunting in Scotland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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