campanologist

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The Word of the Day for May 10 is: 

campanologist   \kam-puh-NAH-luh-jist\   noun
     : one that practices or is skilled in the art of bell ringing 

Example sentence:
     The fast pace of modern life has taken its toll among practicing 
campanologists, and the art has lost some of its appeal.

Did you know?
     The first bells were rung some 4,000 years ago during the Bronze Age, when 
those instruments were forged and riveted from metal plates. By the 17th 
century, bells were ringing around the world and in Britain campanology had 
become a "gentleman's recreation." But although the first campanologists' 
organization, The Society of College Youths, was founded in 1637, the words 
"campanology" and "campanologist" (from "campana," Late Latin for "bell") did 
not debut in English publications until around 1823 and 1857 respectively.