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Altar Bell
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
A small bell kept at the epistle side of the altar, rung during Mass at the Sanctus and at the elevation of the Sacred Species, as an invitation to those present to take part in the act of adoration at the Consecration.
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Entry for 'Altar Bell'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/altar-bell.html. 1910.