Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art or study of bell casting and ringing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or the principles of bell-founding, bell-ringing, etc.
- noun A treatise on this art.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
study ofbells ; theircasting ,tuning , andringing .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A cheerful little piece about Liverpool cathedrals "performance" via campanology bells to you of the dreadful scouse bore martyr joko lenings ditty "imagine".
OPEN THREAD 2009
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They were earnest and mostly rather good at the campanology game according to partner who hardly had to ring at all.
Archive 2007-07-29 2007
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They were earnest and mostly rather good at the campanology game according to partner who hardly had to ring at all.
Tower of Power: No One Expects the Young Bell Ringers Cycling Tour 2007
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They were earnest and mostly rather good at the campanology game according to partner who hardly had to ring at all.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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InspiredCode's ChurchBells software for Windows is a terrifying insight into the world of the campanology enthusiast: a belltower on your desktop.
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Scropps never could, under the most improved system of campanology, be jingled into any thing harmonious, I have no doubt I, like my great predecessor Whittington, might have heard in that peal a prediction of my future exaltation; certain it is I did not; and, wearied with my journey, I took up my lodging for the night at a very humble house near
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 Various
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Moscow is one of the main centers for the manufacture of the church bells in which the Russian peasant takes such delight; and, being much interested in campanology, I visited several of the principal foundries, and was delighted with the size and workmanship of many specimens.
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A correspondent, who is apparently much interested in campanology, asks me how he is to construct what he calls a "true and correct" peal for four bells.
Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893
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This giant-gift had been sent to him from Holland in recognition of his musical genius, especially in the matter of campanology.
My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886
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For example, Sayers went to extraordinary lengths to learn the elements of campanology for
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
trivet commented on the word campanology
The study of bells.
March 6, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word campanology
more correctly the study of the true bell ringing
July 8, 2010
Gammerstang commented on the word campanology
(noun) - A discourse on bells or bell-ringing; from Italian campana, bell.
--James Donald's Chambers' Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1877
January 17, 2018