sacring bell

British  

noun

1. RC Church a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass

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Example Sentences

The sacred host and chalice were raised high at the sound of the sacring bell.

From Time Magazine Archive

We shall hear the sacring bell, and the voices of the Romish priests saying the mass.

From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Then there was a sacring bell, often made of silver, which was rung during the service at the time of the elevation of the Host, and at the sound the congregation knelt.

From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

A name wrongly given to part of the apparatus of the sacring bell, 380 White Church.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis

Apparatus of the sacring bell; at the church of St Bridget, Berhet, 380 Satan.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis