angelage

noun

Etymology

From angel + -age.

  1. derived from angele
  2. derived from ἄγγελος — “messenger
  3. inherited from *angil
  4. derived from angelus
  5. inherited from anġel
  6. inherited from aungel
  7. suffixed as angelage — “angel + age

Definitions

  1. The existence or state of angels.

    • Tell me of Angelage, Gabriel. O'er will of mortals we do not preside;
    • 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 […]

The neighborhood

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