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

He offered to accompany the priest when he went away, and they walked off towards the church where the angelus was ringing.

From The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories by Maupassant, Guy de

The bell of the hacienda had tolled the evening oration, and the tinkling of the angelus was sounding the summons to prayer.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

She was a Christian, so devout that she would have hung her head in the potato field had she heard the ringing of the angelus.

From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Read, Opie Percival