archangel

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He communicated the vision that was sent to him through the archangel, that is all.

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  1. noun A high-ranking angel.
  2. noun The eighth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

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  • Evangelista appears to his mother—An archangel is assigned to her as a visible guardian throughout her life CHAPTER VIII. —  The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
  • The archangel was the champion of the innocents and the avenger of evil. —  Garwood, Julie - Saving Grace
  • It's a little unclear which direction the archangel is facing, or what he's doing - is he about to take off, or (as I like to think) has he just landed epically? —  Popular in the last 8 hours
  • For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout. with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first … … … Then we which are alive and remain shall be cought up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be —  WordPress.com News
  • He communicated the vision that was sent to him through the archangel, that is all. —  Vox Popoli
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  1. Middle English, from Old French archangele, from Late Latin archangelus, from Late Greek arkhangelos : Greek arkh-, archi- + Greek angelos, angel.

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  1. from Middle English archangel, archaungel, etc. (in Anglo-Saxon heáh-angel, literally high angel), from Old French archangel, archangele, modern F. archange = Provencal archangi = Spanish arcángel = Portuguese arcanjo, archanjo = Italian arcangelo = Dutch aartsengel = German erzengel = Swedish erkeängel = Danish erkeengel; from Late Latin archangelus (= Russian arkhangelǔ = Gothic (Moesogothic) arkaggilus), from Greek ἀρχάγγελος, archangel, chief angel, from ἀρχ-, ἀρχι-, chief, + ἄγγελος, angel: see arch- and angel.
 

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/ˈɑrkˈeɪndʒɛl/
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