archangel
noun
a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God.
archangelic
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a word derived from
archangel.
Example Sentences
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Army Intelligence Center at Oberammergau, he has been pounding away at Communism with archangelic zeal.
From Time Magazine Archive
On your couch of glory slumber comes Bosomed amid the archangelic choir; Not with the grumble of impetuous drums Deepening the chorus of embattled ire.
From War Poetry of the South by Various
The sideboard too was there, larger and richer perhaps, of Spanish mahogany not an inch of which was left bare of garlands of flowers or archangelic faces.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
This rather tickled the Master, who up till then had never considered archangelic possibilities in boxing.
From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell
He wore his smooth fair hair rather long too, in the archangelic manner, he— “Paid in advance,” Frau Heylmann said very sharply.
From Olive in Italy by Moray Dalton
