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PRONUNCIATION OF PASSING BELL

passing bell play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSING BELL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passing bell is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PASSING BELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of passing bell in the English dictionary

The definition of passing bell in the dictionary is a bell rung to announce a death or a funeral Also called: death bell, death knell.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSING BELL

passibility
passible
passibleness
passiflora
passifloraceous
passim
passimeter
passing
passing note
passing place
passing shot
passing tone
passing-out parade
passingly
passion
passion fruit
passion killer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSING BELL

barbell
bell
bicycle bell
Campbell
Canterbury bell
death bell
dinner bell
diving bell
division bell
doorbell
dumbbell
Lutine bell
ring a bell
ring the bell
sacring bell
Sanctus bell
shark bell
silver bell
sleigh bell
sound as a bell

Synonyms and antonyms of passing bell in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «passing bell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSING BELL

Find out the translation of passing bell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of passing bell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «passing bell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

路过钟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

campana de la muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

passing bell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुजर घंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يمر الجرس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проходя колокол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sino transcurso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাসিং ঘণ্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lonceng lulus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorbei Glocke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

渡す鐘
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통과 종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Passing lonceng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi qua chuông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணி கடந்தது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेल पास करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geçen çan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campana passando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przechodząc dzwon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проходячи дзвін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trece clopot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περνώντας καμπάνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood klok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passerar bell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bell passerer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passing bell

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSING BELL»

The term «passing bell» is used very little and occupies the 154.739 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSING BELL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «passing bell» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «passing bell» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about passing bell

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSING BELL»

Discover the use of passing bell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passing bell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lambeth and the Vatican: Or, Anecdotes of the Church of ...
Wheatley in his illustration of the Common Prayer, observes, on the subject of the passing bell: "Our church, in imitation of the saints of " former ages, calls on the minister and others " to assist their brother in his last extremity. " In order to this, ...
‎1825
2
The Saturday Magazine
THE PASSING BELL. No. II. Its Present Object. We nave seen in a former paper, what was the original object of the Passing Bell, and considered the practical views taken on the subject by various writers, and more especially by that admirable ...
‎1838
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Mind Breach: Now Nowhere Is Safe
8:15—FLAG CEREMONY 8:40—PASSING BELL 8:45—SECOND BELL 1ST PERIOD 9:30—PASSING BELL 9:35—SECOND BELL 2ND PERIOD 10:20— PASSING BELL 10:25—LUNCH BELL 3RD PERIOD 11:10—PASSING BELL ...
J. L. W. Bressler, 2014
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Shakespeare and Cognition: Aristotle's Legacy and ...
Thomas More is also aware of what came to be called the passing bell in a play named for him: “The bell (earth's thunder) soon shall toll my knell,” he tells Lady Alice (1595; 4.4.143).18 About the same time, in Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare ...
Arthur F. Kinney, 2006
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Victorians in Theory: From Derrida to Browning
Talking of a bygone era of faith, the Bishop declares: How you'd exult if I could put you back Six hundred years, blot out cosmogony, Geology, ethnology, what not, (Greek endings, each the little passing-bell That signifies some faith's about to ...
John Schad, 1999
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Popular Antiquities
So that even from the name we may gather that it was the intention in tolling a Passing-Bell to pray for the person dying, and who was not yet dead. As" for the title of "Soul-Bell," if that bell is so called which they toll after a person's breath is out, ...
J. Brand, 1841
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Discovering Bells and Bellringing
The Passing Bell and the Nine Tailors are well-known. Traditionally, the Passing Bell is tolled when a parishioner is dying, and the Nine Tailors are rung only when someone dies. The name is a corruption from 'tellers' and. while nine strokes ...
John Camp, 1997
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Ballads and songs
The original intention of the Passing Bell is now nearly forgotten. It appears to have been, to announce to a neighbourhood, in which a particular individual lay sick, the period when the soul was, as it were, passing out of the body. That this ...
David Mallet, Frederick Dinsdale, 1857
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the ...
"Doth the parish clerk or sexton take care to admonish the living, by tolling of a passing-bell of any that are dying, thereby to meditate of their own deaths, and to commend the other's weak condition to the mercy of God ? In similar Articles for ...
John Brand, 1813
10
The Prophetic Minstrel,: And Other Poems
THE PASSING-BELL. Oh! when you hear the passing-,bell, Think as you travel on, Soon shall the same to others tell, That you are gone. Oh ! when you hear the passing-bell, Which makes the living sigh; Then ask yourself, would all be well, ...
James Hird, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSING BELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passing bell is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thinking Differently about Partnerships in the New Healthcare
We have a no passing bell rule. If you hear a patient call bell, you can't ignore it.” Adventist Healthcare's Pardue is bringing together local ... «Healthcare Informatics, Jun 15»
2
Loring Guenther remembered at LEMA service
The Passing Bell tolled three times in memory and honor of fallen officers. "What they died for we live by," Peterson said. "They are gone but ... «Byron Review, May 15»
3
Mobilicity has 157000 subscribers, judge grants another stay until …
I note with interest that Telus acquired Public Mobile right around the same time it was passing Bell in wireless subscriber base, which may ... «MobileSyrup.com, May 15»
4
Poem of the week: The Beautiful Librarians by Sean O'Brien
And all the brilliant stock was sold”. “Brilliant” chimes, of course, with those “realms of gold” and underlines, with its passing bell, the poem's ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
5
Coach readies MA students for fashion show spotlight
When the passing bell rings, it's a packed, shoulder-bumping world away from the sleek fashion runways of Milan, Paris and London. Unless ... «The Almanac Online, Mar 15»
6
'Ringing' Or 'Bringing In The New Year': A History Of The New Year's …
BoweryBoogie states that the forerunner to the New Year's bell is something called the “passing bell.” This was rung every time someone died ... «International Business Times, Dec 14»
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Passing Bells was 'one of the saddest war dramas we've seen'
What makes a compelling war drama? A fine script, an engrossing score, and good direction would do for starters. Then there's a further special ... «Express.co.uk, Nov 14»
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The Passing Bells: Eastenders writer Tony Jordan on writing a First …
Back in 2012, Tony Jordan decided that he wanted to write a First World War drama to mark the 2014 centenary. The question was how to ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
9
Washington Township school news -- Music honor society earns …
The "Passing Bell Music Project" throughout the school year involved a short music clip playing 30 seconds before the late bell for each high ... «The Bridgeton News - NJ.com, Sep 14»
10
Illustration: Dearbhla Kelly
A human crowd, a passing bell. This being Ireland, sea in the distance, Blue-grey skies, the changeable – In short, existence. On the latch, or ... «Irish Times, Aug 14»

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