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seraph
[ ser-uhf ]
noun
, plural ser·aphs, ser·a·phim [ser, -, uh, -fim].
- one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isaiah 6.
- a member of the highest order of angels, often represented as a child's head with wings above, below, and on each side.
seraph
/ ˈsɛrəf /
noun
- theol a member of the highest order of angels in the celestial hierarchies, often depicted as the winged head of a child
- Old Testament one of the fiery six-winged beings attendant upon Jehovah in Isaiah's vision (Isaiah 6)
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- seraph·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of seraph1
C17: back formation from plural seraphim, via Late Latin from Hebrew
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Example Sentences
A woman will endure martyrdom with the expression of a seraph,—an extremely aggravating seraph.
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Happiness lay beside him steering the boat, a seraph worked the oars, the land ahead must be paradise.
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Would they indeed have been less criminal, if a seraph of glory had proposed to them the impious deed?
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Another has joined the band—a little shadowy form, with lambent eyes, and the smile of a seraph.
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She went from town to town, from platform to platform, looking like a little dazed seraph playing in its dreams.
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