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Definition of Handbells
1. handbell [n] - See also: handbell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handbells
Literary usage of Handbells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edwardian Inventories for Huntingdonshire by Theodore Craib (1906)
"At Somersham, we find a sanctus bell but no handbells. This is explained by the
note of sales, from which we learn that one had been sold and another stolen ..."
2. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"Their use as little appendages to horse-trappings, personal dress or as
handbells -dates from times most remote, and several Assyrian bells may be seen in ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"Long before the introduction of Christianity into the world we gather from ancient
history that handbells were frequently used for various purposes, ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1913)
"handbells. " To the church of Thorpe my best wether ... towardes the buying of
ij handbells for the same churche " : W. Garrett, 1557 (Lans. 262). REPAIRS. ..."
5. Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Period of the Reformation by Walter Howard Frere, William Paul McClure Kennedy, Church of England (1910)
"... burial and another short peal after the burial, without ringing of any handbells
or 'This item is practically a quotation from the Canons of 1571 (p. ..."
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