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   Angelus

   /ˈan(d)ʒ(ɪ)ləs/

   noun

   • 1. a Roman Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation of Jesus and including the Hail Mary, said at morning, noon, and sunset.
   • ▪ a ringing of church bells announcing the Angelus: "the bells in the tower above tolled the first Angelus"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from the Latin phrase Angelus domini ‘the angel of the Lord’, the opening words of the devotion.

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