Archangel

Definitions

1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
2. Dated form of Arkhangelsk: a city in northwestern Russia.
   alt-of, dated
3. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”).

Equivalents

Examples

“We bore her down to the boat and aboard our vessel, and then getting up anchor we sailed away across the White Sea until the spires of Archangel sank down behind the horizon.”

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