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Found 2 hits - Term: sance-bell, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sance-bell \sance"-bell`\, sancte bell \sanc"te bell`\, n.
   see sanctus bell, under sanctus.
   1913 webster
see also:
sanctus bell sanctus 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sanctus \sanc"tus\, n. l. sanctus, p. p. of sancire.
   1. eccl. a part of the mass, or, in protestant churches, a
      part of the communion service, of which the first words in
      latin are sanctus, sanctus, sanctus holy, holy, holy; --
      called also tersanctus.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. an anthem composed for these words.
      1913 webster

   sanctus bell, a small bell usually suspended in a bell cot
      at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in
      mediaeval churches, but a hand bell is now often used; --
      so called because rung at the singing of the sanctus, at
      the conclusion of the ordinary of the mass, and again at
      the elevation of the host. called also mass bell,
      sacring bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, sancte
      bell.
      1913 webster
see also:
tersanctus sanctus bell mass bell sacring bell saints' bell sance-bell 
sancte bell 

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