to toll the death knell
11knell — Synonyms and related words: annihilation, bane, bell, bemoan, bewail, biological death, bong, cessation of life, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, clinical death, clink, coronach, crossing the bar,… …
12death — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of life Nouns 1. death, expiration, decease, demise, the grave, the narrow bed, one s latter end; end, cessation; loss, extinction, or ebb of life, mortality experience; dissolution, departure,… …
13Death — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates life. 3 a the fact or process of being killed or killing (stone to death; fight to the death). b the fact or state of being dead (eyes… …
14death — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates life. 3 a the fact or process of being killed or killing (stone to death; fight to the death). b the fact or state of being dead (eyes… …
15The House of the Seven Gables — For other uses, see The House of the Seven Gables (disambiguation). The House of the Seven Gables   …
16knell — [nel] vi. [ME knyllen & (with echoic vowel change) knellen < OE cnyllan, akin to MHG (er)knellen: prob. echoic] 1. to ring in a slow, solemn way; toll 2. to sound ominously or mournfully vt. to call or announce by or as by a knell n. 1. the… …
17Christianity in the 13th century — Main article: Medieval history of Christianity See also: Christianity in the 12th century and Christianity in the 14th century The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) imperial church headed by Constantinople continued to assert its universal authority …
18toll — toll1 /tohl/, n. 1. a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. 2. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or… …
19toll — I. /toʊl / (say tohl) verb (t) 1. to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or especially for announcing a death. 2. to sound (a knell, etc.) or strike (the… …
20knell — {{11}}knell (n.) O.E. cnyll sound made by a bell when struck or rung slowly, perhaps of imitative origin. The Welsh cnull death bell appears to be a borrowing from English. For vowel evolution, see BURY (Cf. bury). {{12}}knell (v.) O.E. cnyllan… …
