Seraph

Quick meaning: Seraph is a noun meaning (post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

Meaning

(post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

More Meanings

1. (biblical) A burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal. A description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6.

Example Sentences

From these uncordial reveries he is roused by a cordial slap on the shoulder, accompanied by a spicy volume of tobacco-smoke, out of which came a voice, sweet as a seraph's

Word Forms

• seraphs
• seraphim
• seraphims

Synonyms for seraph

Depending on context, synonyms include uraeus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cherub, serpent, cherubin, cherubim, angel, serpentess.

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