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
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 Mayne Reid
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
Another usage is that of periodical prayer, in the fields, or wherever the peasants may happen to be employed, as in the angelus, &c.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
