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angelhood

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[eyn-juhl-hood] / ˈeɪn dʒəlˌhʊd /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being an angel; angelic nature.

  2. angels collectively.

    the angelhood of heaven.

  3. an angelic being.


Etymology

Origin of angelhood

First recorded in 1830–40; angel + -hood

Example Sentences

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The babe who grew to angelhood in heaven,    I never watched unfold from child to man.

From Poems of Progress by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

Never had he believed fully and utterly in the angelhood of the feminine until now.

From The River's End by Curwood, James Oliver

Turn thou from both That bright, impassive, passive angelhood, And spare to read us backward any more Of the spent hallelujahs!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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)

Aeronautics and nautics are an effort toward angelhood.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

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