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- 1. the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death.
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Ringing of a church bell immediately after a death
A death knell is the ringing of a church bell to announce the death of a person. Historically, it was the second of three bells rung around death, the first being the passing bell to warn of impending death, and the last was the lych bell or corpse bell, which survives today as the funeral toll. Wikipedia