angelophany

[Gr. ἄγγελος ( angelos ) = an angel; φαίνω ( phaino ) = to bring to light; to make to appear.] The appearance or manifestations of angels. the Theophany and Angelophany of the Old and New Testament." Strau : Life of Jesus (Martin eau's transl.), vol. 1, § 14, p. 67. ăn-gel-ot, s. [Fr.] 1. Numism. An ancient French coin struck at Paris whilst that capital was temporarily in English occupation. It was so called from having on it the figure of an angel supporting the escutcheon of England and France. 2. A small cheese made in Normandy. 3. Music : A musical instrument somewhat resembling a lute. (In this sense it is probably derived from the Fr. anche , the reed of a wind instrument. (Johnson.) ăn'-ġěl-ŭs, s . [Lat.=angel.] A prayer to the Virgin, instituted by Pope Urban II., offered in Roman Catholic countries in the morning, at noon, and in the evening, at the sound of a bell called the Angelus . It is so called because it begins with the words "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ" (the angel of the Lord announced to Mary). [HAIL-MARY.] "Sweetly over the village the bell of the Angelus sounded." Long fellow: Evangeline, L. 4.