angelus
Example Sentences
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The Vatican confirmed the Pope will preside over the angelus prayer this coming Sunday, but next Wednesday's general audience will not take place "to safeguard the Holy Father's post-surgery recovery".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Sunday angelus prayer in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican February 10, 2013.
From Time ● Feb. 11, 2013
Keed!" she said, going up to him and placing both hands on his broad shoulders; "I play the carillon after the angelus.
From Barbarians by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
An angelus beat against the torrid whiteness of a church-steeple with its blue wing, and Rabbit's noonday rest began.
From Romance of the Rabbit by Gladys Edgerton
The angelus bells from the turret of the distant village church echoed sweetly on the tranquil air, and Zulma knelt by the bedside to murmur the Ave Maria.
From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by John Lespérance
