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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tower of any kind built to contain one or more bells. See cut under campanile.

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Examples

  • While Art Of Noise celebrates the Midlands' cultural heritage of heavy metal, reggae, punk and bhangra, Easterby adapts the numinous aura of the bell-tower carillon to the enchanting possibilities activated by hi-tech electronic sensors set within the primal spookiness of a darkened room.

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  • When she finished praying, she found money on the altar and was able to commence building again. 50 Adelhausen's Sister-Book indicates that the choir walls were painted. 51 In addition to the church with its choir, the cloister had a bell-tower, a dormitory, cells, corn buildings, cellars, and other buildings, all of which were damaged in the fire of 1410.

    Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

  • He saw it again, a flicker of motion from deep inside the open bell-tower.

    DELUGE (Chapter Ten) – Brian Keene 2008

  • Let it ring out from the bell-tower as a rebuke to such people

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • UPDATE: Quentin Davies's £20,700 claim for bell-tower repairs deserves special mention ...

    Behind the expenses curve 2009

  •  I had passed it many times, its high bell-tower, arched front doors, the sign out front declaring “Worship!”

    To Be A Child (Part III of III) 2009

  • But O'Reilly's book was on the bookshelf of Jim Adkisson, so HOW MANY O'Reilly fans going all bell-tower do YOU think it should take before O'Reilly is forced to give his victims fair on-air representation?

    Did Bill O'Reilly's Words Kill the Abortion Doctor? 2009

  • He contemplates throwing her off the bell-tower of the Cathedral of Toledo, but refrains from doingso.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 2009 » September 2009

  • UPDATE: Quentin Davies's £20,700 claim for bell-tower repairs deserves special mention ...

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Let it ring out from the bell-tower as a rebuke to such people

    Imagine with bells on 2009

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