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
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
O golden angelus that sounded prolonging uncertain memories, I have seen the swallows hovering to you and followed their dark trails of passage.
From Goblins and Pagodas by John Gould Fletcher
On we labored, the golden evening sun glinting down upon our picturesque row of haymakers, nor did we cease until the angelus sounded from the village spire.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various
