Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SAINT'S'-BELL
SAINT-PE'TER'S-WORTSAINT'-SEEM-ING
SAINT'S'-BELL, n. [SAINT'S' BELL.]
A small bell rung in churches when the priest repeats the words sancte, sancte, sancte, Deus sabaoth, that persons absent might fall on their knees in reverence of the holy office. – Bp. Hall.
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