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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Passingbellnoun

    The bell which rings at the hour of departure, to obtain prayers for the passing soul: it is often used for the bell, which rings immediately after death.

    Etymology: passing and bell.

    Those loving papers,
    Thicken on you now, as pray’rs ascend
    To heaven in troops at a good man’s passingbell. John Donne.

    A talk of tumult, and a breath
    Would serve him as his passingbell to death. Daniel.

    Before the passingbell begun,
    The news through half the town has run. Jonathan Swift.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of passingbell in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of passingbell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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