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Angelus

Angelus Meaning & Definition
Angelus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Angelus?

[n] a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation
[n] the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited

Synonyms | Synonyms for Angelus: angelus bell

Related Terms | Find terms related to Angelus: aid prayer | alarm | alarum | Angelus bell | appeal | Ave | Ave Maria | battle cry | beadroll | beads | beseechment | bidding prayer | birdcall | breviary | bugle call | call | chaplet | collect | communion | contemplation | devotions | entreaty | grace | Hail Mary | impetration | imploration | intercession | invocation | Kyrie Eleison | last post | litany | meditation | moose call | obsecration | obtestation | orison | Paternoster | petition | prayer | prayer wheel | rallying cry | rebel yell | reveille | rogation | rosary | silent prayer | suit | summons | supplication | taps | thanks | thanksgiving | trumpet call | war cry | whistle

See Also | bell | prayer

Angelus In Webster's Dictionary

\An"ge*lus\, n. [L.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. (b) The Angelus bell. --Shipley.

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