angels

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.)

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

Gone are the days when Barack Obama and Joe Biden preferred echoing Lincoln’s 1861 appeal to “the better angels of our nature.”

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Welcome to the Mayhem Ball, a magnificent and operatic tour de force; that pitches the star's inner angels and demons in a fight for her very soul.

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"And then, 'Oh, the angels have come down to save me'."

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"The day that Charlie died, angels wept, but those tears have been turned into fire in our hearts," said Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff.

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"I hope every day that angels would somehow put my babies back in our home."

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