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
Hence, also, the bell tolled in the morning, at noon, and in the evening to indicate the time when the angelus is to be recited.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Give back to me the wagon-track on the roadway from which I heard sound the packs of hounds with their hanging ears, like an angelus.
From Romance of the Rabbit by Gladys Edgerton
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 Opie Percival Read
