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church bells

church bells is the plural of church bell.

Meaning of church bell

Noun

church bell (plural church bells)

  1. A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.
    • As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's...1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19

Questions about church bells

What is church bells the plural of?
Church bells is the plural of church bell.

Words near church bells in the dictionary

  1. church acres
  2. church affiliation
  3. church affiliations
  4. Church Age
  5. church bell
  6. church bells
  7. Church Brampton
  8. Church Broughton
  9. Church Cay
  10. Church Congress
  11. church council

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