Angel
['eɪndʒ(ə)l] or ['endʒl]
Definition
(noun.) the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally.
(noun.) spiritual being attendant upon God.
(noun.) invests in a theatrical production.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A messenger.
(n.) A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.
(n.) One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
(n.) A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
(n.) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
(n.) An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
(n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Spirit, supernatural being.
a. [Poetical.] Angelic.
Typist: Tyler
Definition
n. a divine messenger: a ministering spirit: an attendant or guardian spirit: a person possessing the qualities attributed to such—gentleness purity &c.: one supposed to have a special commission as the head of the Church in Rev. ii. and iii. or the angel of the Catholic and Apostolic Church who corresponds in a limited sense to the bishop of other Christian denominations: (poet.) a messenger generally: in art the conventional figure attributed to the angel—a figure of great beauty youthful clothed in flowing garments with wings: an old Eng. coin = 10s. bearing the figure of an angel.—n. An′gel-fish a voracious fish allied to the shark from six to eight feet long with large wing-like pectoral fins.—adjs. Angel′ic (an-) Angel′ical.—adv. Angel′ically.—ns. Angelol′atry (ān-) angel-worship; Angelol′ogy the doctrine regarding angels; Angeloph′any the manifestation of an angel to man.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of angels is prophetic of disturbing influences in the soul. It brings a changed condition of the person's lot. If the dream is unusually pleasing, you will hear of the health of friends, and receive a legacy from unknown relatives. If the dream comes as a token of warning, the dreamer may expect threats of scandal about love or money matters. To wicked people, it is a demand to repent; to good people it should be a consolation.
Typed by Carolyn
Unserious Contents or Definition
A heavenly ineligible, with wings and a harp; or, an earthly eligible, with money and a heart.
Typed by Carolyn
Examples
- The fair little face, touched with divine compassion, as it peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel's in the prison. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- On the contrary, said Holmes quietly; I have every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And that wretch stands there, and tries to make me doubt that my mother, who was an angel on earth, is an angel in heaven now! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her simple little fancies shrank away tremulously, as fairies in the story-books, before a superior bad angel. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Is not she an angel in every gesture? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Angel--angel--don't you think she's good enough and beautiful enough to go to heaven, Gudrun? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Isn't he like an angel? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No angel has intervened. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If she an't a Christian and an angel, there never was one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Look at the neat little 'Hosmer Angel' at the bottom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Listen then, my angel, says she after several sarcastic nods. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Shirley is not an angel; she is a woman, and she shall live with men. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They will make my going abroad a point of honour; but even then, my beloved angel-wife will accompany me! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If Eva, now, was not more angel than ordinary, she would be ruined. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on; four angels guard-- Hold your tongue. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Good angels be my guard! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I saw her laid low in her kindred vaults, And her immortal part with angels lives. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She picks like de debil and all his angels! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He examined the catches and fastenings of the windows, and then swore he didn't care for the devil and all his angels, and went to sleep. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Now there are angels of two kinds, and both sorts, it is said, are charming in their way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr Sampson expressed his belief that such was the demeanour of Angels. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I know the doctor must be right, Oliver, because I dream so much of Heaven, and Angels, and kind faces that I never see when I am awake. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And he who dies in battle will be at once declared to be of the golden race, and will, as we believe, become one of Hesiod's guardian angels. Plato. The Republic.
- We are a set of rascals this morning, but we'll come home regular angels. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I think it is deemed good that you two should live in peace and be happy--not as angels, but as few are happy amongst mortals. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Talk of the angels, says Mr. Bucket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If two angels could be concerned in it, I believe it would change their nature. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This is the lesson which Christ taught in a parable when He said, 'Their angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven. Plato. The Republic.
- Ursula WAS such an insufferable outsider, rushing in where angels would fear to tread. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Rosanna