campanology
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of campanology
1670–80; < New Latin campanologia, equivalent to Late Latin campān(a) bell ( see campanile) + New Latin -ologia ( see -o-, -logy)
Example Sentences
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Mr Rudd set out the project's bold blueprint for putting Norwich on the map as a centre of campanology tuition.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2015
St Peter Mancroft is described as an ideal location for novice bell rope pullers, who by dint of tenacious toll toil could one day hope to become to campanology what Usain Bolt is to sprinting.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2015
A correspondent, who is apparently much interested in campanology, asks me how he is to construct what he calls a "true and correct" peal for four bells.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest
This giant-gift had been sent to him from Holland in recognition of his musical genius, especially in the matter of campanology.
From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar
Do not imagine that this is an essay on campanology, on change-ringing, grandsires, and triple bob-majors.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
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