Crossword-Solution: LAETARE 7 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Hear him, concerning the church of Ara Coeli: “In the roof of the church, directly above the high altar, is engraved, 'Regina Coeli laetare Alleluia.' In the sixth century Rome was visited by a fearful pestilence.

Thus, in Lausitz, on Laetare Sunday (the 4th Sunday in Lent), women with mourning veils carry a straw figure, dressed in a man's shirt, to the bounds of the next village, where they tear the effigy to pieces, hang the shirt on a young and flourishing tree, "schöne Wald-Baum," which they proceed to cut down, and carry home with every sign of rejoicing.

Hear him, concerning the church of Ara Coeli: "In the roof of the church, directly above the high altar, is engraved, 'Regina Coeli laetare Alleluia." In the sixth century Rome was visited by a fearful pestilence.

Allegro moderato Regina coeli laetare, alleluia, laetare, alleluia: Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia, alleluia, Resurrexit sicut dixit.

The voice sounded more faintly: 'Now you have naught further to think of than the goodly words of Ecclesiastes: "_Et cognovi quod non esset melius, nisi laetare et...._"' The voice died dead away with the closing of the door.