Angelus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈænd͡ʒələs/
Etymology
* (given name): From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). * (common noun): From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary". Doublet of angel.
Meanings
- A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.
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The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.
The yodel in it brought to mind incongruous images, full of holes as a Swiss cheese: among the alpenhorns and cuckoo clocks, cowbells clunked and donged like angeluses gone awry.
1998, Ciaran Carson, Last Night's Fun: A Book About Irish Traditional Music, page 151:[…]and having eternal aves and angeluses rung in their ears;
1879, James Albert Harrison, Spain in Profile: A Summer Among the Olives and Aloes:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| angelus | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Angeluses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
fr angélus (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · es ángelus (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · scn Angelus (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · scn Àncilu (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · pt ângelus (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · de Angelusgebet (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · tl anghelus (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · eo anĝeluso (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) · pl Anioł Pański (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation)