Plural form of 'angilus,' referring to angles or corner structures in architecture or geometry.
From Latin 'angulus' (angle, corner), with the plural '-i' ending common in Latin scientific terminology. The term appears in medieval and Renaissance architectural texts.
Medieval builders obsessed over 'angili' because they believed the angles and corners of buildings affected spiritual energy flow—this is why Gothic cathedrals have such complex, pointed angles designed to direct focus upward toward heaven.
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