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

The gold-painted dome ceiling has a florid original mural of angels that Trinity Broadcasting founder Paul Crouch called “Orange County’s own Sistine Chapel.”

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Some survivors among these “fallen angels” have bounced by multiples since then, earning tidy profits for more patient investors.

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It was early evening when the angels took him home.

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Six feet tall, richly embossed, enhanced with jewels, crowned with a gilded cross and bearing a dozen gilded angels, it was commissioned by the Spanish king Philip IV, who died before delivery.

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Still with the help of a couple angels in short choral passages, a lushness creeps in.

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