change-ringing
noun [mass noun]
The ringing of sets of church bells or handbells in a constantly varying order.In English change-ringing the bell may be balanced upside down and swung through a full circle, the moment of its sounding being controlled by the ringer....
- The captain of the bell ringers, Martin Davies, said: ‘A peal of 12 bells will enhance the cathedral's role as a centre of excellence for traditional change-ringing.’
- For twelve bells, the largest number used for change-ringing, the total number of possible sequences is 479,001,600 and would take 37 years and 355 days to ring at a normal ringing rate.
Derivatives
change-ringer
- Limerick's two full sets of bells, at St Mary's Cathedral and at the Redemptorists, are a treasure, and it is great to see that the city has never been short of volunteer change-ringers to play them.
- At his side, bearing the aspergillum with its sprinkling of holy water, was change-ringer Doug Snoswell.
- Bennett became so fascinated with bell ringing, he studied it as an art and has become an ‘occasional change-ringer.’