Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Mohammedanism, the angel of death, whose function it is to separate men's souls from their bodies.

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  • proper noun The angel of death to Catholic and Orthodox Christians, and to Muslims

Etymologies

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From Arabic عزرائيل (ʕizrā’īl).

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Examples

  • While Azrael is making up his mind, he's got a few issues to deal with, mostly in the name of the Waylock family.

    REVIEW: Mists of Everness by John C. Wright 2005

  • Except for maybe the Galen/Azrael sequence at the edge of the world where Azrael is trapped in a torture cage hanging from a cliff? that was just too cool.

    REVIEW: The Last Guardian of Everness by John C. Wright 2004

  • “Clothes,” Gavreel said, underscoring the new word for Azrael.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • “Clothes,” Gavreel said, underscoring the new word for Azrael.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • Dubbed Azrael Manor, for the sometime archangel, his home was twenty thousand square feet of old-world English style.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Dubbed Azrael Manor, for the sometime archangel, his home was twenty thousand square feet of old-world English style.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Dubbed Azrael Manor, for the sometime archangel, his home was twenty thousand square feet of old-world English style.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Azrael aka Lord Asriel, in the book and movie is the Muslim angel of death, and also the Masonic symbol for "perfect intellect."

    Things everyone but me probably already knew, no. 214 asakiyume 2007

  • To how many maimed and mourning millions is the first and sole angel visitant, him easterns call Azrael!

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • That's why he named his cat Azrael, which is a name for the angel of death.

    Impact Lab 2009

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