Associations to the word «Angelus»

Wiktionary

ANGELUS, proper noun. A male given name, a rare variant of Angelo.
ANGELUS, noun. A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation (from its incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary").
ANGELUS, noun. The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.
ANGELUS BELL, noun. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a bell rung to show the time when the Angelus should be recited.

Dictionary definition

ANGELUS, noun. The sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited.
ANGELUS, noun. A prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation.

Wise words

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