angel
/ˈæɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/
Frequency: 4.45 in modern English
Meaning
noun
An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
noun
An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
noun
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
noun
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
noun
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
noun
An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale."
- "There seemed to be girls sitting on top of them, or maybe they were meant to be angels. Angels are usually represented as wearing more than that, though."
- "Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and family revealing both problems and promise in his young life."
- "Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel."
- "Diſpaire thy Charme, / And let the Angell whom thou ſtill haſt ſeru’d / Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Vntimely ript."
- "An apostle, or angel, or bishop, as he is now called, resided with a college of presbyters about him, in every considerable city of the Roman empire; to that angel or bishop, was committed the pastoral care of all the Christian in the city and its suburbs, extending as far on all sides as the jurisdiction of the civil magistrate extended;"
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/
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Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine, Religion.