angelic

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We need to suppress the demonic behavior in our soul and implant the angelic which is shown in the Holy Gospel.

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  1. Of, belonging to, or like an angel; suitable to the nature or office of an angel. Here, happy creature, fair angelic Eve. Milton, P. L., v. 74.
  2. Angelic hymn the hymn sung by the angels after the announcement of the birth of Christ (Luke ii. 14), used in several Oriental liturgies in the earlier part of the service, and in the West in the enlarged form known as the Gloria in Excelsis (except in Advent and Lent) after the introit and kyrie, and before the collect, epistle, and gospel. It retained this position in the first prayer-book of Edward VI., but it was afterward transferred to the closing part of the office as a song of thanksgiving after communion; the American Prayer-Book, however, allows the substitution of a hymn proper to the season. It is also used in the Greek Church at lauds and compline.
  3. Angelic salutation. See ave.
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  • It gave pause to what he misnames his angelic loves. —  Rousseau (Volume 1 of 2)
  • We need to suppress the demonic behavior in our soul and implant the angelic which is shown in the Holy Gospel. —  orrologion
  • Joseph Leo Bwarie, who stars as the angelic-voiced Frankie Valli, agrees.
  • Madonna could do to make her look like the angelic, saintly parent that she wanted to make herself out to be to the Malawian government, was to dump —  Hollywood Heartbreaker
  • The crowd settled into place just in time for the angelic, mid-paced opening song "Just the Past," which announced the atmosphere-heavy mood of the band's new album. —  brooklynvegan
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  1. from Middle English angelyk, aungeluke, from Old French angelique, French angélique, from Late Latin angelicus, from Greek ἀγγελικός, from ἂγγελος, messenger, angel: see angel.
  2. from angelica.
 

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