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 Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

For it is the first summons to vespers, soon followed by the tinier tinkle of the angelus.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

At nightfall, as the last angelus bell was ringing, the door of this mysterious place silently opened, and the Reverend Father Gaucher emerged to attend the evening church service.

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse