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

Murders in the City of Angels have fallen by about half in the last 10 years: no small feat for such a big city.

From The Daily Beast

This sultry ballad about break-ups and make-ups in the City of Angels is haunting stuff.

From The Daily Beast

She has 16 total nominations, including one in the TV field for Angels in America.

From The Daily Beast

The play of Sunday, the play of being angels in the choir, is not just a peripheral secondary marginal realm of activity.

From The Daily Beast

There's a being far more curious to the world of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ than dragons, angels, or merfolk: female players.

From The Daily Beast

All that has been given concerning the knowledge of angels relates to what they know through their own natures as created.

From Project Gutenberg

Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.

From Project Gutenberg

So speaks the ideal official dealing with the ideal citizen in the dream life among the angels.

From Project Gutenberg

In a population of angels a socialistic commonwealth would work to perfection.

From Project Gutenberg

"The angels don't whisper such blessed dreams to me," returned Dorothy, sadly.

From Project Gutenberg