Etymology
Origin of angelhood
Example Sentences
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More important, his audience�a heterogeneous one, not made up of theologians �could not be expected to carry all the minute subdivisions of angelhood in its head.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who is there that with unwinking eyes may gaze into the effulgent brilliancy of the perfect angelhood?
From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by Howells, William Dean
If you would follow the law of transmutation and acquire the throne of angelhood, get busy within the laboratory of your own mind.
From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)
And Niafer rose, a living girl just such as Manuel had remembered for more than a whole year: but with that kiss all memories of paradise and all the traits of angelhood departed from her.
From Figures of Earth by Cabell, James Branch
Patient sufferers upon beds of pain have forgotten childhood years ago, and, feeding their souls on prayer, have looked forward with unutterable joy to the transition from womanhood to angelhood.
From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Titcomb, Timothy
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