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belfried

/ˈbɛlfɹid/

belfried adjective: furnished with a belfry or belfries.

Adjective

belfried (not comparable)

  1. Furnished with a belfry or belfries.
    • a belfried tower
    • The parsonage stands at right angles to the road, facing down upon the church; so that, in fact, parsonage, church, and belfried school-house, form three sides of an irregular oblong, of which the fourth is open to the fields and moors that lie beyond.1857, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 1, in The Life of Charlotte Brontë, volume I
  2. (in-compounds) Having a belfry or belfries of a specified number or kind.
    • a double-belfried / twin-belfried cathedral
    • [The hill] commanded a wide stretch of links or downs, met by the blue girdle of the Frith, having for its fringe, all along the coast, clusters of ancient villages—fishing or trading—with red-tiled or blue-slated houses, and round-belfried or sharp-pointed steeples of parish kirks.1877, Sarah Tytler, chapter 7, in Landseer’s Dogs and Their Stories, London: Marcus Ward, page 132

Examples of belfried in a sentence

  • There it was, clear and belfried as of old, but fathoms deep, and the bells had so faint a chime that Reddin’s voice drowned them.1917, Mary Webb, chapter 31, in Gone to Earth, New York: Dutton, page 263:
  • To the right, on the crest of the first hill, stood the white-belfried brick church, surrounded by its calm graveyard, shadowy with the dogwoods that separated the family plots.1983, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Vigil, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, Part 3, p. 101:

Origin of belfried

From belfry + -ed.

Questions about belfried

What does belfried mean?
Belfried means furnished with a belfry or belfries.
How do you use belfried in a sentence?
There it was, clear and belfried as of old, but fathoms deep, and the bells had so faint a chime that Reddin’s voice drowned them.
What part of speech is belfried?
Belfried is an adjective.
How do you pronounce belfried?
Belfried is pronounced /ˈbɛlfɹid/.

Words near belfried in the dictionary

  1. Belfort
  2. belfosdil
  3. Belfrage
  4. Belfrages
  5. Belfrayden
  6. belfried
  7. belfries
  8. belfry
  9. Belg.
  10. Belgae
  11. Belgaon

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