Archangel

Archˊan′gel

,

Noun.

[L.

archangelus

, Gr.

ἀρχάγγελος

: cf. OF.

archangel

, F.

archange

. See

Arch-

, pref., and

Angel

.]

1.

A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.

Milton.

2.

(Bot.)

A term applied to several different species of plants (

Angelica archangelica

,

Lamium album

, etc.).

Archangel

ARCHAN'GEL

, n.

1.

An angel of the highest order; an angel occupying the eighth rank in the celestiai hierarchy.

2.

The name of several plants, as the dead-nettle, or lamium; a species of melittis; and the galeopsis or hedge-nettle.

Archangel

See also: archangel

English

Proper noun

Archangel

A city in northwest Russia.

Synonyms

Arkhangelsk

Translations

Arkhangelsk — see Arkhangelsk

archangel

See also: Archangel

English

Noun

archangel ‎(plural archangels)

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
In Christian angelology, an archangel is an angel from the third level or choir of angels, ranked above virtues and below powers.

Translations

angel who leads other angels

Afrikaans: aartsengel
Armenian: հրեշտակապետ (hy) ‎(hreštakapet)
Asturian: arcánxel m
Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 ‎(Aməša Spəṇta)
Catalan: arcàngel m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 大天使 ‎(daai⁶ tin¹ sai²), 天使長 ‎(tin¹ sai² zoeng²)

Mandarin: 大天使 ‎(dàtiānshǐ), 天使長, 天使长 ‎(tiānshǐcháng)
Czech: archanděl m
Danish: ærkeengel c
Dutch: aartsengel (nl) m
Esperanto: ĉefanĝelo
Estonian: peaingel
Finnish: arkkienkeli (fi), ylienkeli
French: archange (fr)
Galician: arcanxo m
Georgian: მთავარანგელოზი ‎(mtavarangelozi)
German: Erzengel (de) m
Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 m ‎(arkaggilus)
Greek: αρχάγγελος (el) m ‎(archángelos)
Hebrew: רַב־מַלְאָךְ m ‎(rav-mal'ákh)
Hungarian: arkangyal (hu)
Icelandic: erkiengill m
Ido: arkianjelo (io)

Irish: ardaingeal m
Italian: arcangelo (it) m
Japanese: 大天使 ‎(daitenshi)
Korean: 대천사 (ko) ‎(daecheonsa)
Macedonian: архангел m ‎(arhangel)
Manx: ard-ainle m
Norman: archange m (Jersey)
Novial: arkianjele
Persian: فرشتگان مقرب ‎(fereštegân-e moqarrab)
Polish: archanioł (pl) m
Portuguese: arcanjo (pt) m
Romanian: arhanghel (ro) m
Russian: арха́нгел (ru) m ‎(arxángel)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: арханђел m, арханђео m

Roman: arhanđel (sh) m, arhanđeo m
Spanish: arcángel (es) m
Swedish: ärkeängel c
Tagalog: arkanghel
Tok Pisin: akanggelo
Turkish: baş melek
Welsh: archangel m

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Archangel

ARCHAN'GEL

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