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belldom

belldom noun: the world of bells and bellringing.

Noun

belldom (uncountable)

  1. The world of bells and bellringing.
    • They had a thick rim, and when struck with pieces of wood, gave out a tone deeper than that of some of the Great Toms renowned in belldom.1857, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, “Something about bells”, in Chambers's Journal, volume 28, number 207, page 398
    • There is probably the greatest collection of bells to be found anywhere collected from the whole world of belldom.1922, “History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties”, in John Brown, James Boyd, editors, (Please provide the book title or journal name), →OCLC, page 674

Examples of belldom in a sentence

  • Rockefeller, Jr., set new records in belldom when he donated the Riverside instrument [...]1976, L. Elsinore Springer, That Vanishing Sound, →ISBN, page 185:
  • "Sisters in belldom!" the white man said approvingly, from a distance.2002, K. S. Maniam, “The kling-kling woman”, in Virtual Lotus: Modern Fiction of Southeast Asia, →ISBN, page 125:

Origin of belldom

From bell + -dom.

Questions about belldom

What does belldom mean?
Belldom means the world of bells and bellringing.
How do you use belldom in a sentence?
Rockefeller, Jr., set new records in belldom when he donated the Riverside instrument [...]
What part of speech is belldom?
Belldom is a noun.

Words near belldom in the dictionary

  1. bellcots
  2. bellcrank
  3. bellcranks
  4. Bellcurve God
  5. Bellcurve Gods
  6. belldom
  7. belle
  8. Belle Chasse
  9. Belle Creek
  10. belle dame sans merci
  11. Belle de Boskoop

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