belfrynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbel.fri/us/ˈbel.fri/the tower of a church where bells are hung
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Parts of religious buildings
- altar
- apse
- chancel
- chaplaincy
- cloister
- crypt
- font
- gargoyle
- lychgate
- minaret
- nave
- rood screen
- rose window
- sacristy
- sanctuary
- sanctum
- spire
- transept
- vault
- vestry
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Examples from literature
- Another hour struck in the belfry of the church.
- At the end of the ambulatory we come to the belfry.
- In recent years the church has been extended one bay westward, and a belfry added.
- Its belfry stood upright and on the Sabbath spoke out in the music of its chimes.
- You see the yellowish looking building across the valley, with a heavy wall around it, and a belfry?