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• change ringing
  change ringing

  noun

  the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.
• change-ringing
  change-ringing

  noun

  the art of bell-ringing in which a set of bells is rung in an established order which is then changed

change ringing

American  

noun

1. the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.

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change-ringing British  

noun

1. the art of bell-ringing in which a set of bells is rung in an established order which is then changed

2. variations on a topic or theme

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Etymology

Origin of change ringing

First recorded in 1870–75

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In later chapters, particularly Chapters 5 and 6, on musical symmetry and change ringing, respectively, Roberts presents some abstract group theory.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 24, 2018

Chapter 6, on change ringing, delves more deeply into group theory.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 24, 2018

"I'm not happy about it, not at all," Styles said of the change, ringing up baked goods and chicken breasts on a recent afternoon at Big Y's Manchester store.

From Chicago Tribune ● Sep. 26, 2011

But now, change ringing is having a revival, sparked by the interest of mathematicians and scientists.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Those in the neighbourhood of Somersby have too small belfries to allow of change ringing.

From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Mrs. Alfred Gatty

For Sinclair, like many of her fellow ringers, change-ringing is a mental challenge, like solving a puzzle.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2018

Washington National Cathedral is one of about 50 change-ringing bell towers in North America, which also include the Old Post Office Tower — now incorporated into the Trump International Hotel — in downtown Washington.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2018

That is known as change-ringing: Paul Revere was a change-ringer at Old North Church in Boston.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2015

In 2006, Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan became the first change-ringing tower in the United States to have 12 bells, the heaviest of them weighing 1.35 tons.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2015

Probably also change-ringing is governed by the same mode of calculation.

From Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various