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Definition of Bell ringing

1. Noun. The sound of someone playing a set of bells.

2. Noun. Persuasion of voters in a political campaign.

3. Noun. Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bell Ringing

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Literary usage of Bell ringing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1839)
"... to consider bell-ringing as the amusement of the common people only,— and as a source of annoyance to those who join in the wish that " these rascally ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The science and art of bell-ringing, as practiced upon church and tower bells, falls under two main heads:—(i) Mechanical ringing, in connexion with the ..."

3. Spiritual Magazine (1873)
"IN the Spiritual Magazine for February last is narrated a very interesting case of spiritual bell-ringing immediately before death, from the pen of Sir ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1868)
"The taste for bell-ringing is not one, however, that is universally ... This gentleman was a Doctor of Divinity, and his opinions as to bell-ringing, ..."

5. The Englishwoman in Russia: Impressions of the Society and Manners of the by A lady (1855)
"... the Emperor—Bell-ringing—Kindness of heart among the Russians—Household gods— Christmas—Midsummer-eve—Heathen custom—New-year's eve—A Russian election— ..."

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