angelus
/ˈænd͡ʒələs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.59 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of Angelus.
name
A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Angelo.
noun
A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.
noun
The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.
Example Sentences
- "[…]and having eternal aves and angeluses rung in their ears;"
- "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."
Etymology
* (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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Angelus, ἄγγελος, -