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
He knew unworthy men full of complaint against an economy that would not let them live like demons, and be blessed as seraphs!
There and Back | George MacDonaldShe almost thought that she preferred pigs behind their palings to seraphs in laces.
Paths of Judgement | Anne Douglas SedgwickSeraphs are democratic, and angels have developed a sense of humor that renders them more interesting than they used to be.
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction | Dorothy ScarboroughThat babes are cherubs, if not seraphs, every mother knows; but it is not often the fact is recorded in our church registers.
Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature | Charles W. BardsleyThey are fuel to the sacred fire—in the empyrean it may burn without fuel, and they who do so are seraphs.
Anima Poet | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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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