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Bell, Book, and Candle

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A ceremony at one time attending the greater excommunication in the Romish Church, when after sentence was read from the "book," a "bell" was rung, and the "candle" extinguished.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bell, Book, and Candle'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/bell-book-and-candle.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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