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division bells

division bells is the plural of division bell.

Meaning of division bell

Noun

division bell (plural division bells)

  1. (Commonwealth) A bell rung in or around a parliament to signal a division (vote) to members of the relevant chamber so that they may take part.
    • The division bell was still ringing; peers and diplomatists and strangers were turned out; members came rushing in from library and smoking-room; some desperate cabs just arrived in time to land their passengers in the waiting-room.1845, Benjamin Disraeli, “Chapter 3”, in Sybil, or The Two Nations, Book 4

Questions about division bells

What is division bells the plural of?
Division bells is the plural of division bell.

Words near division bells in the dictionary

  1. divisio
  2. division
  3. division algebra
  4. division algebras
  5. division bell
  6. division bells
  7. division level
  8. division levels
  9. division of labor
  10. division of labour
  11. division ring

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