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

A few minutes later the angelus sounded sweetly over the woods and meadows of Sainte Lesse.

From Barbarians by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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

The two cavaliers arrived at the entrance of the Presidio just as the church clock sounded the evening angelus.

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne