altar bell

Mina reached out her hand, the chains ringing like altar bells.

As they fell out of his hand, the rumpled bills became coins and rang against the wooden floor, making a music like altar bells.

He would ring the little altar bells with a shake as strong as that of a dog with a rabbit.

In some Methodist churches, particularly the United Methodist Church of the United States, altar bells are used two different times during common services held on Sundays.

The Mission Church houses a reliquary with the altar bells of Saint Damien of Molokai and a 17th-century Spanish Colonial Tabernacle.

In Lutheran churches the use of altar bells during the elevation (to draw the attention of the congregation during the Words of Institution) was occasionally practiced until the 18th century.

In branches of Lutheranism, altar bells are rung at the two appropriate times during the Words of Institution ("This is my body... This is the cup my blood...") to signify the real presence.

All the bells of the church, including altar bells, may be rung during the Gloria in Excelsis Deo of the Mass (the Gloria is not traditionally sung during the entire Lenten season).

During the Gloria on Christmas Mass, the altar bells are rung throughout the entire song by many churches to celebrate their first use in the Liturgical Year because they are not used during the season of Advent.