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Bell, Book, and Candle
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Symbols used in the greater excommunication in the Church in medieval times. After the sentence of excommunication was read the book was closed, a lighted candle was thrown to the ground, and the bell tolled, as for one dead.
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Entry for 'Bell, Book, and Candle'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/bell-book-and-candle.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Bell, Book, and Candle'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/bell-book-and-candle.html. 1910.
