angel-lore
angel-lore noun: the knowledge, doctrine, study, or history of angels.
Noun
angel-lore (uncountable)
- The knowledge, doctrine, study, or history of angels.
- We may readily believe this when we learn that every single thing on earth, animate or inanimate, from man through all of creation, birds and beasts, trees and brooks, even to the last blade of grass, owns its angelic representative above. This is the heart of the angel-lore.1967, Joshua Trachtenberg, Jewish Magic and Superstition
- [...] the origin and meaning of the name Sam and only one person knew, meaning it was not common knowledge—I asked a cohort of people who actually knew something about angel lore if they had ever heard of an angel named Sophia.2011, Gary E. Schwartz, The Sacred Promise
Forms of angel-lore
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Origin of angel-lore
From angel + lore.
Questions about angel-lore
- What does angel-lore mean?
- Angel-lore means the knowledge, doctrine, study, or history of angels.
- What part of speech is angel-lore?
- Angel-lore is a noun.
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