Angel

Quick meaning: Angel is a noun meaning (figuratively) A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

Meaning

(figuratively) A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

More Meanings

1. (possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
2. (military slang, originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
3. (colloquial, dated) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
4. someone that funds
5. An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
6. (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
7. (historical) An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.

Example Sentences

Climb to angels sixty.

The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.

Diſpaire thy Charme, / And let the Angell whom thou ſtill haſt ſeru’d / Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Vntimely ript.

And even now part of me flies over Dresden at angels one five; / Though they’ll never fathom it, behind my sarcasm desperate memories lie.

Word Forms

• angels
• angell
• angeling
• angelling
• angeled
• angelled

Synonyms for angel

Depending on context, synonyms include errand-ghost, angel-noble, saint, backer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include saint, backer, archangel, fairy, gospel, providential.

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