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Definition of bell-ringing in English: bell-ringingnoun mass nounThe activity or pastime of ringing church bells or handbells. Example sentencesExamples - There will be an opportunity for anyone interested in church bell-ringing when two taster evenings will be held at the Church.
- But both systems relied upon a bell-ringing regularity to inculcate discipline and order.
- At two I was treated to a full scale bell-ringing display: the bells in the campanile supplemented by a selection of handbells, one rung very loudly at the door of my cell by a monk.
- Inside, 5,000 traders whooped as politicians made speeches before the two-minute silence that preceded the traditional 9.30 am bell-ringing that opens the market.
- Bell ringers were once required to do their bell-ringing business in church towers during thunder storms; it was believed that by doing so they would ward off the dangers of devastating lightning strikes.
- The only elaborate aspect of the many churches is the Dutch tradition of bell-ringing.
- Her life revolves around her dogs, the local am-dram society, the church, bell-ringing and village gossip.
- The next day there will be Jubilee church services and bell-ringing across Britain.
- ‘We hope it will revive interest in bell-ringing,’ she said.
- Communities nationwide were to observe Sept.11 in their own ways, with services at firehouses, memorial dedications, bell-ringing events and flag ceremonies.
- The orchestra, as if waiting for this moment all evening, turns up maximum volume in a bell-ringing, drum-beating, cymbal-clanging crescendo.
- From its timpani-punctuated gloomy, soft rise to the bell-ringing, massive finale it's a work that can be interpreted any which way it pleases you.
- The quacking and bell-ringing just went up a notch!
- Bells and bell-ringing have often been imitated by composers for symbolic purposes.
- It was only when he became a day pupil that he found friends, commuting to school with youngsters who were interested in bell-ringing.
- Seriously though, about this bell-ringing problem; it is very easy to fix.
- It was during a bell-ringing session in the tower of Appleton church in Oxfordshire that he was suddenly taken.
- Processions and bell-ringing aroused particular ire among republicans, but disaffected the faithful who regarded this as an insensitive attack upon tradition.
- And of course, one of the pleasures of this town is way sound travels so easily across it, be it bell-ringing practice on a Tuesday evening, or the sound of the PA at the various fairs.
- Most of them were part of a cycling party, there to hear a bell-ringing demonstration and enjoy one of the most scenic churches in Suffolk.
Derivatives noun ˈbɛlˌrɪŋəˈbɛlrɪŋər Another reason to feel distress about this matter is the effect it would have on the dedicated bands of bell-ringers who regularly practise this traditional art and help celebrate events such as weddings or christenings. Example sentencesExamples - In the morning, when Congress assembled, the bell-ringer went to his post, having placed his boy below to announce when the Declaration was adopted, that his bell might be the first to peal forth the glad tidings.
- The bell-ringers of St James’ had that same day taken part in another county-wide act of appreciation and appeal.
- So Lori would run up ahead of us, trying to gain the coveted spot of bell-ringer and first soprano.
- There was a very real danger that the spire would collapse onto bell-ringers and those walking below.
Definition of bell-ringing in US English: bell-ringingnounˈbelˌriNGiNGˈbɛlˌrɪŋɪŋ The activity or pastime of ringing church bells or handbells. Example sentencesExamples - Bell ringers were once required to do their bell-ringing business in church towers during thunder storms; it was believed that by doing so they would ward off the dangers of devastating lightning strikes.
- The orchestra, as if waiting for this moment all evening, turns up maximum volume in a bell-ringing, drum-beating, cymbal-clanging crescendo.
- Processions and bell-ringing aroused particular ire among republicans, but disaffected the faithful who regarded this as an insensitive attack upon tradition.
- There will be an opportunity for anyone interested in church bell-ringing when two taster evenings will be held at the Church.
- It was during a bell-ringing session in the tower of Appleton church in Oxfordshire that he was suddenly taken.
- Most of them were part of a cycling party, there to hear a bell-ringing demonstration and enjoy one of the most scenic churches in Suffolk.
- At two I was treated to a full scale bell-ringing display: the bells in the campanile supplemented by a selection of handbells, one rung very loudly at the door of my cell by a monk.
- And of course, one of the pleasures of this town is way sound travels so easily across it, be it bell-ringing practice on a Tuesday evening, or the sound of the PA at the various fairs.
- Seriously though, about this bell-ringing problem; it is very easy to fix.
- It was only when he became a day pupil that he found friends, commuting to school with youngsters who were interested in bell-ringing.
- Inside, 5,000 traders whooped as politicians made speeches before the two-minute silence that preceded the traditional 9.30 am bell-ringing that opens the market.
- The quacking and bell-ringing just went up a notch!
- Communities nationwide were to observe Sept.11 in their own ways, with services at firehouses, memorial dedications, bell-ringing events and flag ceremonies.
- But both systems relied upon a bell-ringing regularity to inculcate discipline and order.
- The next day there will be Jubilee church services and bell-ringing across Britain.
- Her life revolves around her dogs, the local am-dram society, the church, bell-ringing and village gossip.
- From its timpani-punctuated gloomy, soft rise to the bell-ringing, massive finale it's a work that can be interpreted any which way it pleases you.
- ‘We hope it will revive interest in bell-ringing,’ she said.
- The only elaborate aspect of the many churches is the Dutch tradition of bell-ringing.
- Bells and bell-ringing have often been imitated by composers for symbolic purposes.
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