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

As his angelus rings out I fancy all wild heads bowed in adoration.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop

From yellowing leaves, fluttering earthward, celebrating the glorious agony of the trees, from the clangorous angelus bidding the fields to slumber, rose a sweet persuasive voice, counseling perfect oblivion.

From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette

Instead of ange, angel, he has both angle and angre, where the r stands for the final l of angele, the more ancient French form of angelus.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)