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belfry

[bel-free] / ˈbɛl fri /


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The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The enormous bell was pulled by 16 horses to Westminster, where it took 18 hours to haul it nearly 200 feet to the belfry before it could first ring out.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022

Its 20,000 square feet housed all six of the university’s colleges and included 10 classrooms, a 6,000-volume library, faculty and administration offices, and a 736-seat auditorium, all crowned by a belfry.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022

She made a $1,000 donation to the church in exchange for the bell, which earlier had adorned the belfry of the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Matthias leaped over Cluny, and bounded up the spiral stairs into the darkness of the belfry.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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