archangel
nounEtymology
From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). By surface analysis, arch- + angel.
- derived from ἀρχάγγελος
- derived from archangelus
- derived from archangele
- inherited from archangel
Definitions
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often…
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”).
A surname.
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Dated form of Arkhangelsk
Dated form of Arkhangelsk: a city in northwestern Russia.
- We bore her down to the boat and aboard our vessel, and then getting up anchor we sailed away across the White Sea until the spires of Archangel sank down behind the horizon.
The neighborhood
- neighborangel
- neighborangelic
- neighborangelical
- neighborangelically
- neighborangelologist
- neighborangelology
- neighborarchangelic
- neighborarchangelical
- neighborarchangelically
- neighborcherub
- neighborcherubim
- neighborchoir
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for archangel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA