Angelus

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun

• A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.
• The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.

Origin

• From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος.
• From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary".