belfry

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Recent Examples of belfry Many of his graduating pupils, including Ms. Sauri and Mr. Osuna, hope to continue playing at their local parishes or help convert their belfries into systems that allow manual ringing. Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024 All of them fugitives from autocratic imprisonment or isolation in deep chambers, ostracized as monsters in belfries and underground cisterns. Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 His penance is to pray the rosary — and then rip apart a pillow in the church belfry. Will Swaim, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024 There, the thickly forested ranges perched on a shelf of cottony clouds, offering a view of the mountaintop complex modeled after 16th century Vietnamese pagodas, including a 10-story belfry, a network of stone staircases and a giant seated Buddha. Patrick Scott, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for belfry

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“Belfry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belfry. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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