Etymology
Origin of angelhood
Example Sentences
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The babe who grew to angelhood in heaven, I never watched unfold from child to man.
From Poems of Progress by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Angela was in Phyllis' arms, and adorably asleep, with her goldy-brown lashes on her pink cheeks and a look of angelhood in every round, relaxed curve.
From The Wishing-Ring Man by Margaret Widdemer
Mrs. Brill had never owned a servant, and the girl's deviation from angelhood of character and unerring perfection of action in every domestic department were a constant disappointment and grief to the new mistress.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
Never had he believed fully and utterly in the angelhood of the feminine until now.
From The River's End by James Oliver Curwood
Who is there that with unwinking eyes may gaze into the effulgent brilliancy of the perfect angelhood?
From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by William Dean Howells
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