Meaning of SERAPH
Pronunciation: | | 'seruf
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| Definition: | | [n] an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child |
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| See Also: | | angel | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ser"aph\, n.; pl. E. {Seraphs}, Heb. {Seraphim}. [Heb.
ser[=a]phim, pl.]
One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs
of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is
represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2.
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the
rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope.
{Seraph moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
geometrid moths of the genus {Lobophora}, having the hind
wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.
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