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Webster 1913 Edition
Angelical
{
An-gel′ic
,An-gel′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
angelicus
, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F. angélique
.] 1.
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.
“Angelic harps.” Thomson.
“Angelical actions.” Hooker.
The union of womanly tenderness and
angelic
patience. Macaulay.
Angelic Hymn
, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; – so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14.
Eadie.
Webster 1828 Edition
Angelical
ANGEL'ICAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
angelical
angelical
English
Adjective
angelical (comparative more angelical, superlative most angelical)
- Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 1,
- O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
- Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
- Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!
- 1869, Charles Dickens, The Uncommercial Traveller, chapter 20,
- She was all angelical gentleness.
- 2005, Joan Dupont, "The Cannes Festival: The faces of Tommy Lee Jones," International Herald Tribune, 21 May (retrieved 2 Nov. 2008),
- "You wouldn't be speaking badly if you said that there was something angelical about the character of Pete Perkins, but one of those angels with a sword," Jones said.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 1,
Derived terms
Translations
resembling, characteristic of, an angel — see angelic
References
- "angelical" at OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Adjective
angelical m, f (plural angelicais, comparable)
- angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)
Synonyms
Spanish
Adjective
angelical m, f (plural angelicales)
- angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)