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Webster 1913 Edition


Seraph

Ser′aph

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Seraphs
(#)
, Heb.
Seraphim
(#)
.
[Heb.
serāphim
, pl.]
One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels.
Isa. vi. 2.
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns,
As the rapt
seraph
that adores and burns.
Pope.
Seraph moth
(Zool.)
,
any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus
Lobophora
, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seraph

SER'APH

,
Noun.
plu.
seraphs; but sometimes the Hebrew plural, seraphim, is used. [from Heb. to burn.] An angel of the highest order.
As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns,
As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. Pope.