saunce-bell
In Old English, for a small bell used in the Roman Catholic Church to call attention to the more solemn parts of the service of the Mass, as at the conclusion of the ordinary, when the words “Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Deus Sabaoth,” are pronounced by the priest, and on the elevation of the Host and chalice after consecration; it is now usually, if not always, a small hand-bell carried by an attendant… (Kremer, 2023)