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An⋅ge⋅lus

[an-juh-luhs]
–noun Roman Catholic Church.
1. a devotion in memory of the Annunciation.
2. Also called Angelus bell. the bell tolled in the morning, at noon, and in the evening to indicate the time when the Angelus is to be recited.
Also, an⋅ge⋅lus.


Origin:
1720–30; < LL, from the first word of the service: Angelus(dominī nūntiāvit Mariae). See angel
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angelus bell

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