angel light

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. (in an English Perpendicular window) a compartment, approximately triangular, formed by the arch of the window, an arch of a lower tier of tracery, and a mullion of an upper tier of tracery.

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Example Sentences

The heartbreaking poem began: "The world grew quiet as you arrived, So loved, so longed for, yet not alive./Our precious boy, our angel light, Born with wings, took silent flight."

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.

From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)

And yet a spirit still and bright With something of an angel light.

From Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc by Kingsley, Charles

We have before us the ideal—the type which reconciles all the conditions of human life, physical and moral—the "perfect woman," who is also the fitting vehicle of the angel light.

From Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II by Stephen, Leslie

"A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a spirit still, and bright, With something of an angel light."

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore