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

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)

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