A person who is in charge of bells or the bell-ringing in a church or institution; a master of bell-ringing.
Compound of 'bell' (Old English 'bellan') and 'master' (Old English 'magister', from Latin). This occupational term denotes someone with authority over bells and bell-ringing practices.
In medieval church hierarchies, the bellmaster was more important than you'd think—they controlled when the entire community heard time itself, making them keepers of the town's rhythm and spiritual schedule.
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