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high angel

high angel noun: archangel.

Noun

high angel (plural high angels)

  1. 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.1856, Charles Lloyd, Formularies of Faith Put Forth by Authority During the Reign of Henry VIII
    • 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."1889, Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle, Mohammed and Mohammedanism

Examples of high angel in a sentence

  • Such a man continues to progress in this state till an imperceptible [tru]th opens between his mind and the minds of the seraphic order of high angels.1965, The Islamic literature - Volume 11 - Page 31
  • Many foretell Michael's tide far and wide five nights on past the equinox when earls and ceorls keep harvest time with the high angel's feast remembered together throughout the land.2003, Cyril Roy Hart, Learning and culture in late Anglo-Saxon England and the influence of Ramsey Abbey on the major English monastic...
  • The high angel, Michael, flanked by the two commanders, continued his relentless attack bearing grimly and deliberately down upon the two dark leaders, Python and Jezebel.2008, Miriam E. Bellamy, Demons in the Sanctuary:
  • As Sagittarius examined the pictures, the writer told of meeting both a High Angel, one named Tyrrell, and an Arch Demon, a Seraph, one of the four Seraphim who fell in the rebellion.2008, Merrll O'Brian, 665 the Council Of: (Part One) - Page 241:

Forms of high angel

pluralhigh angels
alternative formhigh-angel

Origin of high angel

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

Questions about high angel

What does high angel mean?
High angel means archangel.
How do you use high angel in a sentence?
Such a man continues to progress in this state till an imperceptible [tru]th opens between his mind and the minds of the seraphic order of high angels.
What part of speech is high angel?
High angel is a noun.
What is the plural of high angel?
The plural of high angel is high angels.

Words near high angel in the dictionary

  1. high and low
  2. High and Low Bishopside
  3. high and mighties
  4. high and mighty
  5. high and tight
  6. high angel
  7. high angels
  8. high anion gap metabolic acidoses
  9. high anion gap metabolic acidosis
  10. high as a Georgia pine
  11. high as a kite

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