Definition of bell tower
: a tower that supports or shelters a bell
Examples of bell tower in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Based on recommendations from the city’s Design Review Committee, the architect added a prominent bell tower, and other towers and columns, more articulation to the north and east sides of the building, and other features.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Apartments approved for old ranch site along Route 76 in Oceanside," 1 Nov. 2020 Ross added that the process of selecting the appropriate name to be placed on the bell tower building will now begin.
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Mallika Kallingal And Rebekah Riess, CNN, "Alabama State to rename a residence hall that had honored a former governor -- a one-time KKK leader," 16 Oct. 2020 The east and west sides of the school’s gym were blown out, the performing arts building lost a portion of its roof, and the bell tower was stripped of its brick façade in several places.
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Corbett Smith, Dallas News, "Plans to rebuild tornado-ravaged schools delayed, but DISD focused on ‘can-do’ spirit one year later," 20 Oct. 2020 The removal of Gibb's name followed a unanimous vote by the ASU Board of Trustees to change the name of the residence hall that also houses a historic bell tower, the university said.
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Mallika Kallingal And Rebekah Riess, CNN, "Alabama State to rename a residence hall that had honored a former governor -- a one-time KKK leader," 16 Oct. 2020 On a recent Saturday morning, in the city of Auburn, Maine, Susan Collins, the state’s senior U.S. senator, arrived to inaugurate a bell tower at the edge of the Androscoggin River.
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Emily Witt, The New Yorker, "Maine’s Referendum on Susan Collins’s Reputation," 15 Oct. 2020 The residence hall at the historically black university features a historic bell tower.
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Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, "Alabama State removes Bibb Graves’ name from residence hall," 15 Oct. 2020 The moment was somewhat bittersweet as the man who came up with the idea for building a bell tower – Chuck Seidel, principal at Brookdale for 17 years – died this summer.
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Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, "First-day-of-class bell peals at Naperville’s Brookdale Elementary -- even without students," 3 Sep. 2020 During the 16th century, the city fortified the cathedral with walls and towers; by the 17th century, its square renaissance bell tower was complete.
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Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, "5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Damages Zagreb Cathedral, Museums," 24 Mar. 2020
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