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angelus

noun
/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.

  1. derived from ἄγγελος — “angel”
  2. derived from Angelus

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Angelus.

  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Angelo.

  3. A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.

      • […]and having eternal aves and angeluses rung in their ears;
      • 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.

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