Associations to the word «Knell»

Wiktionary

KNELL, verb. (intransitive) to ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
KNELL, verb. (transitive) to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell.
KNELL, noun. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll.

Dictionary definition

KNELL, noun. The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something.
KNELL, verb. Ring as in announcing death.
KNELL, verb. Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin