Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bell used to summon people to a moot or court.
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Examples
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Having mounted his charger, he bids the Mayor to choose a Marshal of the host of the City of London; and this being done, the communal or "mote-bell" is set ringing, and the whole party proceed to the Priory of Holy Trinity at Aldgate.
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