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
Let the angelus bell ring; he no longer heard it.
From Flames by Robert Smythe Hichens
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
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 Mayne Reid
