Meanings
angelus1
Angelus2
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Angelo.
plural Angeluses · alternative angelus
- A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.
- The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.
[…]and having eternal aves and angeluses rung in their ears;
1879, James Albert Harrison, Spain in Profile: A Summer Among the Olives and Aloes1 more example
The yodel in it brought to mind incongruous images, full of holes as a Swiss cheese: among the alpenhorns and cuckoo clocks, cowbells clunked and donged like angeluses gone awry.
1998, Ciaran Carson, Last Night's Fun: A Book About Irish Traditional Music, page 151
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄγγελος“angel”
- LatinAngelus
- EnglishAngelus
* (given name): From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). * (common noun): From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary". Doublet of angel.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
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Bulgarian Ангел
- Ангелmale given name
Esperanto anĝeluso
- anĝelusoChristian devotion in memory of the Incarnation
French angélus
- angélusChristian devotion in memory of the Incarnation
German Angelusgebet
- AngelusgebetChristian devotion in memory of the Incarnation
Polish Anioł Pański
- Anioł PańskiChristian devotion in memory of the Incarnation
Portuguese ângelus
- ângelusChristian devotion in memory of the Incarnation
Spanish ángelus
- ángelusChristian devotion in memory of the Incarnation
Tagalog anghelus
- anghelusChristian devotion in memory of the Incarnation
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Cite this entry
angelus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angelus
“angelus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angelus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angelus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angelus.
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