soul knell
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The rich Churle enlarging his Barnes proportionably to his deſires, had his Night ; hee heard that ſoule-knell , Thou foole, this Night ſhall they fetch away thy ſoule."
- "The firſt dead 19. hours, or there about The ſoul knell-towld, then paſſing-peal rang out, All things appointed to convey him thence, His ſoul return's and gives his body ſence;"
- "And the Wolf going down met the Fox half way; Reynard, " glad and blithe " that the Wolf was a true penitent and in clean living, promised to have his soul-knell rung and masses said for him."
Usage
Inflected Forms
soul knells (plural)
soule knell (alternative)