bells and smells

English

Noun

bells and smells pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) A style of religious worship emphasising high ritual, including use of vestments, bells and incense, especially in high church Anglicanism and Catholicism.
    • 2017 June 2, Mike Lawlor, “Letters to the Editor”, in Church Times‎[1]:
      We were a liberal Catholic bells-and-smells congregation with a strong but small worshipping core, plus frequent visitors, because of our geographical location and a professional choir in a beautiful Butterfield church.

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