Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

angelage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ge-lage
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The existence or state of angels.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Tell me of Angelage, Gabriel. O'er will of mortals we do not preside;"
"But I was not given to angelage, nor philanthropy, nor sociability that day; and not being well enough acquainted with the confidence game to play it successfully, I asked the burning doctor of divinity to please excuse me , and I walked off to the car and transplanted myself into a seat in the extreme corner, with a whole army of misanthropic ideas prancing within my fastidious brain […]"
"Between 1887 and 1907, Mary Hayes Chynoweth, The True Life […] beautiful habilaments and external elegance and stately demeanor are not the indubitable or essential concomitants of angelage […]"
"To him Arthur became the human soul seeking perfection, his castle the symbol of man's slow climb from savagery to angelage."

Etymology

From angel + -age.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: angel

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does angelage mean?: The existence or state of angels.
Where does angelage come from?: From angel + -age.

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