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

Ad idem, Geneseos XXXII. dicit angelus Dei ad Jacob: Nequaquam vocaberis ultra Jacob, sed Israel erit nomen tuum.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

Let the angelus bell ring; he no longer heard it.

From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe

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