tolling bell
Solemn ringing sound
A tolling bell is a bell rung slowly at regular intervals, typically to mark a death, funeral, or solemn occasion.
The measured, repeated strikes create a mournful sound distinct from celebratory pealing: The tolling bell announced the king's death.
The phrase often carries figurative weight, evoking mortality or warning: For whom the bell tolls.
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- knellSolemn bell stroke
- death knellOmen of ending
- pealResonant ringing burst
- belfryTower containing bells
church · funeral · death · mourning · clapper · bronze · tower · ringing · solemn · echo · cathedral · vespers · last rites · dong · resonance · steeple · vibration · cemetery
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- death symbolsskull, skeleton, coffin, tombstone, gravestone
- omensomens, omen, portent, portents, signs
ceremonial function
tolling bellwedding bells
Ceremonial marriage ringing
carillon · Christmas bells · birth announcement · sleigh bells · fanfare
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