seraphim

[ ser-uh-fim ]

noun

1. a plural of seraph.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seraphim¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English seraphin < Late Latin (Vulgate) seraphim < Hebrew śərāphīm

Example Sentences

Supported by a flight of blue seraphim, God presides over an image of the entire world, which the artist has abstracted into concentric circles.

From Washington Post

Her sister seraphim teach her that a woman without love is like an “angel without wings.”

From New York Times

She would not want to be the enemy of these proud seraphim.

From Literature

She’s attended by a half-dozen crimson seraphim and three royal blue cherubim.

From Los Angeles Times

Like thunder, like an avalanche, like the war cry of the seraphim who had come on wings of fire and cleansed the world of demons.

From Literature