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Literature | Bell, Book, and Candle A ceremony in the greater excommunication introduced into the Catholic Church in the eighth century. After reading the sentence a bell is rung, a book closed, and a candle extinguished. From that moment the excommunicated person is excluded from the sacraments and even divine worship. "Bell, book, and candle shall not drive me back."- Shakespeare: King John, iii. 3. In spite of bell, book, and candle, i.e. in spite of all the opposition which the Christian hierarchy can offer. (See Cursing.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE |
| Specialty definitions using "BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE": Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 4C 4C 2C 42 4F 4F 4B 2C 41 4E 44 43 41 4E 44 4C 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01001100 01001100 00101100 00100000 01000010 01001111 01001111 01001011 00101100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000011 01000001 01001110 01000100 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E L L ,   B O O K ,   A N D   C A N D L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 004C 004C 002C 0042 004F 004F 004B 002C 0041 004E 0044 0043 0041 004E 0044 004C 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36394646142364949451423548382373548384639 |
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