sacring bell
Britishnoun
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The sacred host and chalice were raised high at the sound of the sacring bell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elspat's kindred were of those who crossed themselves and knelt when the sacring bell was rung, and she knows that atonement can be made on the altar for deeds done in the field.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott
By this dignified procession, among which the crowd promiscuously mingled as they passed along, and whose august approach is usually notified by the jingling of the "sacring bell," was borne the sacred "host."
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Joseph Holt Ingraham
Besides the peal of eight the sacring bell which once hung near the high altar is now hung in the tower.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Rev. Thomas Perkins
A village in Brittany; the custom of ringing the sacring bell still observed in the church of St Bridget at, 380 394 Berry.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence
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