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• plural of angel.

angels

Cultural  

1. Spirits who live in heaven with God; also the devils of hell, who are angels fallen from goodness. In the Bible (see also Bible), angels are often sent to Earth, sometimes with a human appearance, to bring the messages of God to people, to guide and protect them, or to execute God's punishments. (See Abraham and Isaac, Annunciation, cherubim, Daniel in the lions' den, Gabriel, Jacob's ladder, Lot's wife, Lucifer, Michael, Passover (see also Passover), plagues of Egypt, Satan, and Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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angels Idioms  

1. see fools rush in where angels fear to tread; on the side of the angels.

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"There are going to be some fabulously dressed angels."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The author of the novel “Cloud Six” on conversations with angels, sojourns in limbo and one memorable journey to the world of the damned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Even if one is coming, “of that day and that hour knoweth no man,” not even “the angels which are in heaven.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

“The Shards” is more problematic: Mr. Ellis has been recycling his depraved teen angels long enough that the show, a collaboration with Ryan Murphy, becomes parody, even comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

She set off down a shadowed path, wandering alone past obelisks, stone angels, and granite buildings in this city of the dead.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock