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