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sacring-bell

n. A small bell or set of bells which are rung at the elevation in Mass.

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Sacring-Bell

The sacring bell, also known as the sanctus bell, is the bell which rings when the Host is elevated at the celebration of High Mass.

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Edmund's—a sort of hedge-priest is the visitor, and kills half the deer that are stolen in the forest, who loves the tinkling of a pint-pot better than the sacring-bell, and deems a flitch of bacon worth ten of his breviary.