angelus
noun /ˈændʒələs/
/ˈændʒələs/
(also the Angelus)
[singular]- (in the Roman Catholic Church
) prayers said in the morning, at 12 o'clock in the middle of the day, and in the evening; a bell rung when it is time for these prayers天主教 三钟经(于晨、午、晚颂念);三钟经的鸣钟 词源mid 17th cent.: from the Latin phrase Angelus domini ‘the angel of the Lord’, the opening words of the devotion.