Angelus Definition

anjələs
noun
A devotional prayer at morning, noon, and night to commemorate the Annunciation.
American Heritage
A prayer said at morning, noon, and evening in commemoration of the Incarnation.
Webster's New World
A bell rung as a call to recite this prayer.
American Heritage
The bell rung to announce the time for this prayer.
Webster's New World

A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation (from its incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary").

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pronoun
A male given name, a rare variant of Angelo.
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Other Word Forms of Angelus

Noun

Singular:
Angelus
Plural:
angeluses

Origin of Angelus

  • Medieval Latin from Late Latin angel (first word of the devotion) angel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Angelus Sentence Examples

  • At these hours a bell known as the Angelus bell is rung.

  • Among his scholars were Angelus Politianus and Johann Reuchlin.

  • Conrad, following the family tradition, and invited by the emperor Isaac Angelus, had gone to serve at the court of Constantinople.

  • In 1222 Demetrius lost his kingdom to Theodore Angelus, and the house of Montferrat its connexion with the East.

  • The " Cherubic Wanderer," and other poems, of Johann Scheffier (1624-1677), known as Angelus Silesius, are more closely related in style and thought to Eckhart than to Boehme.

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