archangelic








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  1. Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God.Compare angel(def 1).
  2. angelica(def 1).

noun

  1. a port in NW Russia, on the Dvina River: major centre for the timber trade and White Sea fisheries. Pop: 345 000 (2005 est)Russian name: Arkhangelsk

noun

  1. a principal angel, a member of the order ranking immediately above the angels in medieval angelology
  2. another name for angelica (def. 1)
  3. yellow archangel a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  4. a bronze-coloured breed of domestic pigeon with black markings
adj.

mid-15c.; see archangel + -ic.

n.

late 12c., from Old French archangel (12c.) or directly from Late Latin archangelus, from Greek arkhangelos “chief angel,” from arkh- “chief, first” (see archon) + angelos (see angel). Replaced Old English heah encgel.

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