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Definition of Death bell
1. Noun. A bell rung to announce a death.
Definition of Death bell
1. Noun. a bell rung to indicate a death. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Bell
Literary usage of Death bell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by John Todhunter, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman (1880)
"I. THE death-bell beats!— The mountain repeats The echoing sound of the knell;
And the dark monk now Wraps the cowl round his brow, As he sits in his lonely ..."
2. The Metropolitan (1847)
"On the humble roof it shines. Where a true heart breaking pines, That long has
wept in vain. THE death bell. M. ONE of the many ancient omens, still fondly ..."
3. Ballads and Songs by David Mallet (1857)
"When, lof the death-bell smote Tier ear,"—Ver. xxii. THE original intention of
the Passing Bell is now nearly forgotten. It appears to have been, ..."
4. Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society by American Folklore Society (1896)
"Of this ringing the term " death-bell" is used. It may be said by a country
woman : " Oh ! I have heard a death-bell! " or, " What a death-bell in my ear ! ..."
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