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Definition: SANCTUS BELL |
SANCTUS BELL1. A small bell usually suspended in a bell cot at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in medi[ae]val churches, but a hand bell is now often used; -- so called because rung at the singing of the sanctus, at the conclusion of the ordinary of the Mass, and again at the elevation of the host. Called also Mass bell , sacring bell , saints' bell , sance-bell , sancte bell . |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Word of command, call; bugle call, trumpet call; bell, alarum, cry; battle cry, rallying cry; angelus; reveille; sacring bell, sanctus bell. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SANCTUS BELL |
| English words defined with "SANCTUS BELL": Mass bell ♦ Sancte bell. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "SANCTUS BELL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Manx | kiaullane erin (small mass bell), clag erin (mass bell). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | anctussay ellbay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-l-l-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: substance. | |
-3 letters: abluents, ballutes, bascules, bullaces, calluses, cutlases, nutcases, scalenus, scutella, subcaste, subcells, subclans, sublates, subscale, sunbelts, tallness, unstable. | |
-4 letters: abluent, absents, ascents, ballets, ballute, bascule, bullace, bullate, bullets, bustles, butanes, cablets, caestus, callets, cantles, castles, censual, centals, clauses, cuestas, cullets, cutlass, eluants, lacunes, lancets, launces, nebulas, nucleal, nutcase, sacbuts, sallets, salutes, secants. | |
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