seraph
noun
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isaiah 6.
seraphs
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pluralof seraph.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He developed a style of writing that extended the seraphs of letters into arrows or dynamic vectors resembling missiles, rendering them all but illegible, except to the initiated.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2020
In descending order: 1. seraphs; 2. cherubs; 3. thrones; 4. dominations; 5. virtues; 6. powers; 7. principalities; 8. archangels; 9. angels.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little dollop of Here Comes Mr. Jordan or Stairway to Heaven never hurt anyone--except that these seraphs have a mean streak unknown to their more beamish movie predecessors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Truth, Love, Power, Glory, Toil, Faith, Hope and kindred "waiting seraphs" are invoked on the bare strength of their names.
From Time Magazine Archive
There slept the saint whose holy strains Brought seraphs round the dying bed; And there the warrior, who to chains Ne'er stoop'd his crested head.
From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by John Lyde Wilson
