high angel

noun

Etymology

From Middle English heh-engel, from Old English hēahengel, from Proto-West Germanic *hauhaangil (“archangel”). Cognate with German Hochengel.

  1. inherited from *hauhaangil — “archangel
  2. inherited from hēahengel
  3. inherited from heh-engel

Definitions

  1. Archangel.

    • And blessed art thou that diddest believe. For all things that have been spoken to thee from our Lord shall be performed. Second, that the angel Gabriel, which spake to the virgin, was an high angel, and an high messenger.
    • In that night his Excellency also met the Taker-away-of-life ; and he begged of that high angel, "When thou takest away the souls of my people, do so easily, kindly, and gently."

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