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ANGELUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Angelus mean? 

ANGELUS (noun)
  The noun ANGELUS has 2 senses:

1. the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recitedplay

2. a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciationplay

  Familiarity information: ANGELUS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANGELUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

angelus; angelus bell

Hypernyms ("angelus" is a kind of...):

bell; toll (the sound of a bell being struck)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

prayer (a fixed text used in praying)


 Context examples 


Yet the fishers and the peasants raised their heads and looked questions at each other, for the angelus had already gone and vespers was still far off.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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