Campanistic

/ˌkæmpəˈnɪstɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to bell-ringing, bells, or campanists; characteristic of the practice and art of campanology.

Etymology

From campanist plus -ic (adjectival suffix). This term describes practices, skills, and knowledge specific to the bell-ringing profession and culture.

Kelly Says

Campanistic traditions in England developed such sophisticated theory that bell-ringers essentially invented mathematical group theory centuries before it became formal mathematics!

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