angel
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/
The English word “angel” has 14 meanings listed here.
noun
- An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
- One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
- Someone who is pure or innocent.
- Someone who is kind or selfless.
- Someone, especially a woman or child, having youthful, wholesome, or radiant beauty.
- Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
- An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
- An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
- An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
- An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
- An angel investor.
- The person who funds a show.
- A person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.
verb
Etymology
Two Baroque angels from southern Germany, from the mid-18th century Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos)bor. Latin angelusbor. Proto-West Germanic *angil Old English enġel ▲ Latin angelusbor. Old English anġel Middle English aungel English angel From Middle English aungel, angel, from Old English anġel, either a modification of enġel after its etymon Latin angelus (through the…
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