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
Aeronautics and nautics are an effort toward angelhood.
From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White
Never had he believed fully and utterly in the angelhood of the feminine until now.
From The River's End by Curwood, James Oliver
"My life is grown a bore," said he, "One long round of sciamachy; I think I'll do a little good, By way of change from angelhood."
From Lundy's Lane and Other Poems by Scott, Duncan Campbell
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
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