Synonyms for angels
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : eyn-juh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪn dʒəl |
Top 10 synonyms for angels Other synonyms for the word angels
Définition of angels
Origin :- 14c. fusion of Old English engel (with hard -g-) and Old French angele, both from Latin angelus, from Greek angelos "messenger, envoy, one that announces," possibly related to angaros "mounted courier," both from an unknown Oriental word (Watkins compares Sanskrit ajira- "swift;" Klein suggests Semitic sources). Used in Scriptural translations for Hebrew mal'akh (yehowah) "messenger (of Jehovah)," from base l-'-k "to send." An Old English word for it was aerendgast, literally "errand-spirit."
- Of persons, "loving; lovely," by 1590s. The medieval gold coin (a new issue of the noble, first struck 1465 by Edward VI) was so called for the image of archangel Michael slaying the dragon, which was stamped on it. It was the coin given to patients who had been "touched" for the King's Evil. Angel food cake is from 1881; angel dust "phencyclidine" is from 1968.
- noun attendant of god
- noun sweet, kind person
- And the angels waiting for them on the bank like laundresses with their clean shirts!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- That night there was joy in the presence of the angels of God over a new-born soul.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Such ideas as Paradise, Adam and Eve, and angels, are getting obsolete.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
- If only Moxy—but he was gone where the angels came from—and theirs was a hard life!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Some such patient detachment must be that of the angels who keep the Great Record.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Perhaps the angels who keep the great record will put that to her credit.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Perhaps superior; for, above the sky, there would be angels to disturb him.
- Extract from : « The Man of Adamant » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He says the angels come to those who love them, and any one can love them.
- Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
- God's Chief Creatures are the angels in heaven and men on earth.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- As the sayin' is: 'Yuh think of angels an' their opposets ain't fur off.'
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
Antonyms for angels
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