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change ringing

–noun
the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.

Origin:
1870–75
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change ring·ing   (rĭng'ĭng)
n.  The ringing of a set of chimes or bells, especially in a belltower, with every possible unrepeated variation.
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