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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.

Definition 2024


Archangel

Archangel

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English

Proper noun

Archangel

  1. A city in northwest Russia.

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archangel

archangel

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English

Noun

archangel (plural archangels)

  1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
  2. In Christian angelology, an archangel is an angel from the third level or choir of angels, ranked above virtues and below powers.

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Welsh

Noun

archangel m (plural archangylion)

  1. (religion) archangel