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Webster 1913 Edition

Archangel

Archˊan′gel

,
Noun.
[L.
archangelus
, Gr.
ἀρχάγγελος
: cf. OF.
archangel
, F.
archange
. See
Arch-
, pref., and
Angel
.]
1.
A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
Milton.
2.
(Bot.)
A term applied to several different species of plants (
Angelica archangelica
,
Lamium album
, etc.).

Webster 1828 Edition

Archangel

ARCHAN'GEL

, n.
1.
An angel of the highest order; an angel occupying the eighth rank in the celestiai hierarchy.
2.
The name of several plants, as the dead-nettle, or lamium; a species of melittis; and the galeopsis or hedge-nettle.

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