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Noun(1) the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited(2) a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation

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(1) It was the mid-morning angelus and the chanting could be heard echoing throughout the halls and vibrating the stiff walls as the slow cries to the Virgin were heard.(2) The neighbour's two donkeys have just sounded their hilarious, end-of-day angelus .(3) The pontiff told thousands who attended his Sunday angelus blessing at his summer residence outside Rome that children were bearing the brunt of the violence in Uganda.(4) I wonder what reaction an impromptu angelus in the other corner would evoke?(5) Every day on the news, after the angelus rang, there would be a story of one more suicide. An American tourist jumped of the Cliffs of Moher, the most gorgeous sheer drop on the West Coast of Ireland.(6) The old bell system has been replaced by a new automatic system which rings for the angelus at noon and 6 pm and also for the various Mass times.
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(1) Angelus
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1. angelus bell


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