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angelomorphic

angelomorphic adjective: having the form of an angel; representing a specified person or object in such a manner.

Adjective

angelomorphic (not comparable)

  1. Having the form of an angel; representing a specified person or object in such a manner.
    • Other early Christian texts describe Christ in angelomorphic or angelic categories. For instance, in the Pseudo-Clementines Christ is ascribed the role of an archangel and becomes identified with Michael […]2005, Matthias Reinhard Hoffmann, The Destroyer and the Lamb […], →ISBN, page 80
    • This larger theological articulation results in a quasi-Trinitarian structure of the divine world, featuring the Father, the Son/Spirit, and the angelomorphic Spirit.2007, Bogdan G. Bucur, The Theophaneia School: Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism, page 4

Origin of angelomorphic

From angel + -o- + -morphic. First attested in the 19th century, but popularised after the 1950s on the basis of French angélomorphique as used in the work of Jean Daniélou.

Questions about angelomorphic

What does angelomorphic mean?
Angelomorphic means having the form of an angel; representing a specified person or object in such a manner.
What part of speech is angelomorphic?
Angelomorphic is an adjective.

Words near angelomorphic in the dictionary

  1. angelologies
  2. angelologist
  3. angelologists
  4. angelology
  5. angelomachy
  6. angelomorphic
  7. Angelone
  8. Angelones
  9. angelonia
  10. angelonias
  11. angelophanies

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