church bell
/ˈtʃəːtʃ bɛl/noun
In early use: †a handbell used in church (obsolete ). Later: a (usually large) bell, frequently one of a set, hung in the tower of a church and rung to call people to worship, at a wedding, funeral, festival, etc., or to tell the time.
- The ringing of changes or peals on a set of church bells is carried out as a pastime by societies of bell ringers, especially in the United Kingdom..
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. From church + bell.
- quartering machine
- quarter-in-the-slot
- quarter jack
- quarterland
- quarter leather
- quarter-light
- quarter line
- quarterly
- quarterly meeting
- quarterman
- quartermaster
- quartermaster captain
- Quartermaster General
- quartermaster-generalship
- quartermastering
- quartermaster sergeant
- quartermastership
- quarter-mile
- quarter-miler
- quartermistress
- quarter moon
- quartern
- quarter-night
- quartern loaf
- quarter note