Meaning of angel | Babel Free

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1. angel (an incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity)
2. A person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.
   informal
3. Alternative letter-case form of angel.
   alt-of
4. A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century; or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.
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. angel (one of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues)
7. A surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname or, rarely, as a patronymic.
8. A form of good spirit residing in heaven.
9. One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
10. A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
    figuratively
11. Someone who is pure or innocent.
    figuratively
12. angel (a person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness)
13. A female given name from English of modern usage from the English noun angel.
14. like an angel. engelagtig مَلائِكي като ангел angelical andělský engelhaft engleagtig αγγελικόςangelical ingellik فرشته مانند enkelimäinen angélique מַלאָכִי, דוֹמֶה לְמַלאָך देवदूत के समान anđeoski angyali seperti bidadari himneskur; eins og engill angelico 天使のような 천사 같은 angeliškas eņģeļa-; eņģelim līdzīgs berkaitan dengan kebaikan engelachtigengleaktig, engle-anielski ملایکه ډول angélico an­gelic ангельский anjelský angelski anđeoski änglalik, ängla- เหมือนเทวดา melek gibi 天使般的 ангельський ف...
15. Someone who is kind or selfless.
    figuratively
16. A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.
17. engelagtig بِصُورَة مَلائِكِيَّه ангелски angelicamente andělsky engelhaft engleagtigt αγγελικά angelicalmente ingellikult از طریق فرشتگان enkelimäisesti angéliquement כְּמַלאָך देवदूत के रूप से anđeoski angyalian baik sekali eins og engill angelicamente 天使のように 천사 같이 angeliškai, kaip angelas eņģeliski seperti bidadari engelachtigengleaktig anielsko د ملایکو له طریق څخه angelicamente angelic ангельски anjelsky angelsko anđeoski änglalikt อย่างใจดี melek gibi 天使般地 по-ангельськи فرشتے کی مانند t...
18. Someone, especially a woman or child, having youthful, wholesome, or radiant beauty.
    figuratively
19. a brightly-coloured tropical fish with spiny fin. engelvis نَوع مِن السَّمَك المُلَوَّن ангелска риба peixe anjo žralok křídlatý der Engelhai havengel είδος τροπικού ψαριού pez ángel ingelkala فرشته ماهی kuukeisarikala chétodon דַג כּרוּב तीखे रंग की एक उष्णकटिबंधीय मछली skalar angyalcápa nama ikan barðaháfur pesce angelo エンゼルフィッシュ 엔젤 피쉬 jūros angelas jūraseņģelis sejenis ikan zee-engel havengel anioł morski فرشته ماهی tipo de peixe (peşte) fluture de mare морской ангел žralok krídlatý morski...
20. Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
    obsolete
21. A typically benevolent celestial being that acts as an intermediary between heaven and earth, especially in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism.
22. An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
    obsolete, possibly
23. A representation of such a being, especially in Christianity, conventionally in the image of a human figure with a halo and wings.
24. 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.
    historical
25. angels Christianity The last of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology. From the highest to the lowest in rank, the orders are: seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels.
    Christianity
26. An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
    slang
27. A guardian spirit or guiding influence.
28. An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
    colloquial, dated
29. A kind and lovable person.
30. someone that funds
31. An angel investor.
32. A financial backer of an enterprise, especially a dramatic production or a political campaign.
33. The person who funds a show.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“There seemed to be girls sitting on top of them, or maybe they were meant to be angels. Angels are usually represented as wearing more than that, though.”

“Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and family revealing both problems and promise in his young life.”

“Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.”

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

“An apostle, or angel, or bishop, as he is now called, resided with a college of presbyters about him, in every considerable city of the Roman empire; to that angel or bishop, was committed the pastoral care of all the Christian in the city and its suburbs, extending as far on all sides as the jurisdiction of the civil magistrate extended;”

“[…] the head of that Church, in whose place I stand in my Church, and in whose place no other standeth (the elders and deacons have their place, but this belongeth to the angel or minister of the Church), and the Lord commendeth him for trying […]”

“The second or highest grade consists of the Angels or Bishops of Churches. Each Church has its Angel, who has (1) the higher supervision and care of all the flock, (2) the supervision and care of the Priests under him, and (3) the care of the Church itself.”

“Climb to angels sixty.”

ascend to 60,000 feet

“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.”

““Latent” angels are defined as those who have not invested capital in the past 12 months, although they likely have invested knowledge in the process of reviewing potential investments.”

“When men are impatient with children, it is extremely displeasing to the Angels;”

“But alas, we were directed to climb over the ship to Angels 12 to provide protection to the ship.”

“"What is your first name, Mr Botibol? What does the A stand for?" "Angel," he answered. "Not Angel." "Yes," he said irritably. "Angel Botibol," she murmured and she began to giggle. But she checked herself and said, "I think it's a most unusual and distinguished name."”

“At last when nothing else would do he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel.”

“Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.”

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