fallen angel

Noun

fallen angel (plural fallen angels)

1. An angel who rebelled against God and was exiled from heaven.
2. (religious or figurative) A human being, viewed as a spiritually endowed being with corporeal form who is fallen from grace by virtue of the human condition.
   • The sermon's theme is that we are all fallen angels and should aspire to regain full glory in heaven.
   • I met a fan dancer down southside Birmingham
     She was runnin from a fat man sellin salvation in his hand
     He said he's tryna save me, but I'm doin alright, the best that I can
     woah oh
     just a pair of fallen angels tryna get through the night1988, Bruce Hornsby, “Jacob's Ladder”, in Scenes From the Southside, performed by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
   1. (especially, often, religious or figurative) A (usually attractive) person, usually a woman, who has become deprived of money, status or morals.
      • The trope of the fallen angel as gettable titillator is this novel's original sin.
3. A bond that has declined in value due to credit deterioration to become a junk bond.