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

But at that moment the angelus bell rang.

From Evelyn Innes by Moore, George (George Augustus)

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 Reid, Mayne

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