Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tower of any kind built to contain one or more bells. See cut under
campanile .
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Examples
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While Art Of Noise celebrates the Midlands' cultural heritage of heavy metal, reggae, punk and bhangra, Easterby adapts the numinous aura of the bell-tower carillon to the enchanting possibilities activated by hi-tech electronic sensors set within the primal spookiness of a darkened room.
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When she finished praying, she found money on the altar and was able to commence building again. 50 Adelhausen's Sister-Book indicates that the choir walls were painted. 51 In addition to the church with its choir, the cloister had a bell-tower, a dormitory, cells, corn buildings, cellars, and other buildings, all of which were damaged in the fire of 1410.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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He saw it again, a flicker of motion from deep inside the open bell-tower.
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Let it ring out from the bell-tower as a rebuke to such people
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UPDATE: Quentin Davies's £20,700 claim for bell-tower repairs deserves special mention ...
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I had passed it many times, its high bell-tower, arched front doors, the sign out front declaring “Worship!”
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But O'Reilly's book was on the bookshelf of Jim Adkisson, so HOW MANY O'Reilly fans going all bell-tower do YOU think it should take before O'Reilly is forced to give his victims fair on-air representation?
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He contemplates throwing her off the bell-tower of the Cathedral of Toledo, but refrains from doingso.
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UPDATE: Quentin Davies's £20,700 claim for bell-tower repairs deserves special mention ...
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Let it ring out from the bell-tower as a rebuke to such people
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