Archangel Definition

ärkānjəl
archangels
noun
archangels
A high-ranking angel.
American Heritage
A chief angel; angel of high rank.
Webster's New World
The eighth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
American Heritage
An angelica plant (Angelica archangelica)
Webster's New World

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Angelica Archangelica
  • garden angelica
pronoun

A city in northwest Russia.

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Other Word Forms of Archangel

Noun

Singular:
archangel
Plural:
archangels

Origin of Archangel

  • From Old French archangle, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhangelos) from Ancient Greek prefix αρχ- (arch-) + ἄγγελος (angelos, “messenger”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French archangele from Late Latin archangelus from Late Greek arkhangelos Greek arkh- archi- Greek angelos angel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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