passing bell

noun

a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.

a portent or sign of the passing away of anything.

Origin of passing bell

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby passing bell

pass for, passible, passifloraceous, passim, passing, passing bell, passing lane, passing note, passing shot, passion, passional

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Example sentences from the Web for passing bell

The sentence itself fell on my ear like the note of a passing-bell.
Glimpses of Three Coasts|Helen Hunt Jackson
Well, at last he rung the bell: O, thought I, that it was my passing-bell!
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded|Samuel Richardson
At intervals of a minute, while the fall of night grew heavier, the burden of the passing-bell was laid on mortal ears and hearts.
Perlycross|R. D. Blackmore
There is a dungeon, the chanting of the procession of tonsured priests, the passing-bell.
A Little Journey in the World|Charles Dudley Warner

It was frail, shrill, poignant as a lament and more solemn than a passing-bell, for all its hurry and lightness.
The Woman of Mystery|Maurice Leblanc

British Dictionary definitions for passing bell

passing bell

noun

a bell rung to announce a death or a funeralAlso called: death bell, death knell

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	passing bell
释义	passing bell noun a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral. a portent or sign of the passing away of anything. Origin of passing bell First recorded in 1520–30 Words nearby passing bell pass for, passible, passifloraceous, passim, passing, passing bell, passing lane, passing note, passing shot, passion, passional Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for passing bell The sentence itself fell on my ear like the note of a passing-bell. Glimpses of Three Coasts\|Helen Hunt Jackson Well, at last he rung the bell: O, thought I, that it was my passing-bell! Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded\|Samuel Richardson At intervals of a minute, while the fall of night grew heavier, the burden of the passing-bell was laid on mortal ears and hearts. Perlycross\|R. D. Blackmore There is a dungeon, the chanting of the procession of tonsured priests, the passing-bell. A Little Journey in the World\|Charles Dudley Warner It was frail, shrill, poignant as a lament and more solemn than a passing-bell, for all its hurry and lightness. The Woman of Mystery\|Maurice Leblanc British Dictionary definitions for passing bell passing bell noun a bell rung to announce a death or a funeralAlso called: death bell, death knell Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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