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angelhood

American  
[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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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

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

He sees on through the eons—sees things as they will or may be—regards the objects of his adoration as he will in the angelhood.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

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)