angelus
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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
Instead of ange, angel, he has both angle and angre, where the r stands for the final l of angele, the more ancient French form of angelus.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
Yet the fishers and the peasants raised their heads and looked questions at each other, for the angelus had already gone and vespers was still far off.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Then, in the deepening dusk, two churches, one on each side of the river, began to sound the angelus.
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker
