Azrael
(in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at the moment of death.
- Also called Angel of Death, death angel.
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How to use Azrael in a sentence
The evil sorcerer Gargamel—and his cat Azrael—always hover nearby, in the hopes of kidnapping them.
Mrs. Patton was still in mourning, a filmy and diaphanous kind of mourning, beautiful enough to placate the angel Azrael himself.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairStretched out to her full length upon the ottoman lies Corsar Beg's favourite odalisk Azrael.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians | Mr JkaiAzrael laughs aloud, and rocks herself still more swiftly in her bright-winged hammock.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians | Mr JkaiAzrael, all tremulous, drew her veil around her neck, and with nervous irritability beckoned to the girls to be gone.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians | Mr Jkai
Azrael smiles, and rocks herself still more swiftly in her hammock.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians | Mr Jkai
British Dictionary definitions for Azrael
/ (ˈæzreɪl, -rɪəl) /
(in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at death
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