seraph
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.
Origin of seraph
1Other words from seraph
- ser·aph·like, adjective
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How to use seraph in a sentence
A woman will endure martyrdom with the expression of a seraph,—an extremely aggravating seraph.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdHappiness lay beside him steering the boat, a seraph worked the oars, the land ahead must be paradise.
The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot SmithWould they indeed have been less criminal, if a seraph of glory had proposed to them the impious deed?
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxAnother has joined the band—a little shadowy form, with lambent eyes, and the smile of a seraph.
Ruth Hall | Fanny FernShe went from town to town, from platform to platform, looking like a little dazed seraph playing in its dreams.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti Chartres
British Dictionary definitions for seraph
/ (ˈsɛrəf) /
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)
Origin of seraph
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