archangelical
archangelical adjective: of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels.
Adjective
archangelical (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels.
- […] we have had the prediction of Christ and his Apostles, of above fifteene hundred yeeres standing; besides the daily sound of those Evangelicall Trumpets, that tell us of that Archangelicall Trumpet in their Pulpits.1633, Thomas Adams, A Commentary or, Exposition upon the Divine Second Epistle Generall, Written by the Blessed Apostle St. Peter, London: Jacob Bloome, Chapter 3, verse 7, p. 1237
- […] they see in their conscience-blasted minds a barrier to a return home, high as the Archangelical gate behind Mother Eve […]1894, George Meredith, chapter 12, in Lord Ormont and His Aminta,, volume 3, London: Chapman and Hall, page 241
- Synonyms:
- archangelic
Synonyms of archangelical
Origin of archangelical
From Latin archangelicus + -al. By surface analysis, arch- + angelical or archangel + -ical.
Words formed from archangelical
Questions about archangelical
- What does archangelical mean?
- Archangelical means of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels.
- What part of speech is archangelical?
- Archangelical is an adjective.
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