Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bell, book and candle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: bel-l, -book and -can-dle
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

An expression denoting excommunication by anathema according to a rite of the Latin Church.

Example Sentences

"I am afraid Jim Crow was a hardened sinner, and, alas! we had no one on board duly qualified to do for him with "bell, book and candle" what had been done ages before to his ancestor at Rheims."

Questions

What does bell, book and candle mean?: An expression denoting excommunication by anathema according to a rite of the Latin Church.

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