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Webster 1913 Edition


Angelus


An′ge-lus

,
Noun.
[L.]
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.
(b)
The Angelus bell.
Shipley.

Definition 2024


Angelus

Angelus

See also: angelus, angélus, ángelus, and ângelus

English

Proper noun

Angelus

  1. A male given name, a rare variant of Angelo.

Noun

Angelus (plural Angeluses)

  1. A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation (from its incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary").
  2. The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.
    • 1879, James Albert Harrison, Spain in Profile: A Summer Among the Olives and Aloes, page
      [] and having eternal aves and angeluses rung in their ears;
    • 1998, Ciaran Carson, Last Night's Fun: A Book About Irish Traditional Music, page 151
      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.

Alternative forms

Translations


Latin

Proper noun

Angelus m (genitive Angelī); second declension

  1. A male given name equivalent to Angelo.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Angelus Angelī
genitive Angelī Angelōrum
dative Angelō Angelīs
accusative Angelum Angelōs
ablative Angelō Angelīs
vocative Angele Angelī

angelus

angelus

See also: Angelus, angélus, ángelus, and ângelus

French

Noun

angelus m (plural angelus)

  1. Alternative spelling of angélus

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡe.lus/, [ˈaŋ.ɡɛ.ɫʊs]

Noun

angelus m (genitive angelī); second declension

  1. angel

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative angelus angelī
genitive angelī angelōrum
dative angelō angelīs
accusative angelum angelōs
ablative angelō angelīs
vocative angele angelī

Related terms

Descendants

  • Old Portuguese: angeo
    • Galician: anxo
    • Mirandese: anjo
    • Portuguese: anjo
      • Kabuverdianu: ánju
      • Kadiwéu: aanjo
  • Old Provençal:
  • Old Spanish: angel
  • Proto-Germanic: *angiluz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Romanian:
  • Romansch: anghel, aunghel, aungel
  • Sardinian: àgnelu, ànzelu, ànghelu, àngelu
  • Sicilian: àncilu, ànciulu
  • Venetian: ànxelo

References


Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑnɡʲɛlʊs]

Noun

angelus m

  1. accusative plural of angelas