单词 | lady bell |
释义 | > as lemmasLady bell Lady bell n. a bell rung at the times for the angelus; = Angelus bell n. at Angelus n. Compounds; cf. Our Lady bell n. at Our Lady n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > canonical hours > other services > angelus > [noun] > bell indicating Our Lady's bella1422 Our Lady bella1449 pardon bell1538 Lady bell1633 Angelus1737 Angelus bell1786 1633–4 in Trans. Shropshire Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. (1892) 4 128 It. payde Wm Woodall for takinge up the Lady bell and settling yt againe ijs. 1755 W. Gilpin in Life H. Latimer iii. 159 He would..procure for them the lady-bell at Bampton, which would make Christ-church bells the sweetest of any in England. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church viii, in Church Bells Devon 395 Six other bells from the rood tower, called the Lady Bells. 1989 R. Whiting Blind Devotion of People (1991) iv. 71 It is possible..that the ‘Lady’ bells, traditionally rung at the hours when Aves were to be said, were deliberately defaced in Edward's reign. < as lemmas |
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