Definition: Historical definition from Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue - Captain Grose et al - 1811: "They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church."
Bell, Book and Candle - 1811 Definition
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