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2. Death knell - Wikipedia

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   In England, an ancient custom was the ringing of church bells at three specific times before and after the death of a Christian. Sometimes a passing bell was first rung when the person was still dying, [1] [2] then the death knell upon the death, [3] and finally the lych bell, which was rung at the funeral as the procession approached the church.

3. Funeral toll - Wikipedia

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   Historically, a bell would be rung on three occasions around the time of a death. The first was the "passing bell" to warn of impending death, followed by the death knell which was the ringing of a bell immediately after the death, and the last was the "lych bell", or "corpse bell" which was rung at the funeral as the procession approached the church. [1]

4. Altar bell - Wikipedia

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   Altar bells (missing one bell), with cross-shaped handle Altar bells Sanctus bells Mid-1900s three-tiered bell at the museum of Manaoag Basilica. In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, an altar bell (also Mass bell, sacring bell, Sacryn bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, or sanctus bell [1]) is typically a small hand-held bell or set of bells.

5. Church bell - Wikipedia

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   A more modern tradition where there are full-circle bells is to use "half-muffles" when sounding one bell as a tolled bell, or all the bells in change-ringing. This means a leather muffle is placed on the clapper of each bell so that there is a loud "open" strike followed by a muffled strike, which has a very sonorous and mournful effect.

6. Jacob's Ladder - Wikipedia

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   Picture of the Jacob's Ladder in the original Luther Bibles (of 1534 and also 1545). Jacob's Ladder (Biblical Hebrew: סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב ‎, romanized: Sūllām Yaʿăqōḇ) is a ladder or staircase leading to Heaven that was featured in a dream the Biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28).

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8. Bells of Notre-Dame de Paris - Wikipedia

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   The list followed a general hierarchy of solemnity, from the grand solennel (ringing order: 1, 2, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3) used for the most solemn occasions, to Les Benjamines (ringing order: 10, 9, 8) used for baptisms. A simplified version of this list was used from 1856 to 2012, and the full practice was revived from 2013 to 2019.

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   The Weather Channel 3 hours ago On Today's Date: An Atlantic Canada Blizzard Named 'White Juan' Canadian Maritimes storms can be legendary. This one over two decades ago set some all-time snow ...