bell ringing
Chiming from above
Bell ringing is the practice of sounding bells, especially the art of ringing church bells in patterns or changes.
In Britain, campanology—ringing tuned bells in mathematical sequences—is a serious pursuit with centuries of tradition.
More broadly, bell ringing includes any occasion of making bells sound: The bell ringing signaled the start of class.
- chimingProducing bell sounds
- belfryTower containing bells
- tintinnabulationSound of bells ringing
- church bellsBronze instruments in steeples
- call to worshipSummons to religious gathering
peal of bells · handbell · muffling · sally · resonance · clapper · ring the changes · wedding bells · carillon · ding dong · stay · Quasimodo · tolling · pealing · temple bells · overtones · dong · harmonics
- school stuffhomework, textbook, graduation, diploma, detention
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
- pilgrimage ritescircumambulation, prostration, ritual bathing, ritual washing, kora
- bell ringingpeal, chime, toll, ringer, clapper
- Buddhist funeralscremation, incense burning, cremation urn, ashes, funeral pyre
- Taoist Practicesincense burning, altar offerings, talismans, prostration, exorcism
sound vs. silence
bell ringingsilence
Total lack of sound
dead silence · quiet · stillness · soundlessness · hush