ANGELUS


Meaning of ANGELUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈan-jə-ləs ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, angel; from the first word of the opening versicle

Date: 1658

1. : a devotion of the Western church that commemorates the Incarnation and is said in the morning, at noon, and in the evening

2. : a bell announcing the time for the Angelus

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.