Gabriel

Definitions

1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].
2. An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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Examples

“Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call⟳ a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.”

“"I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have⟳ to whisper⟳ it from the tomb, lad. You should thank⟳ your mother and me for giving you a handle⟳ that people notice⟳. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember⟳.”

“Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly⟳ swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.”

“And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,”

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