Definitions for Angel
Angel
an·gel
Spelling: [eyn-juh l]
IPA: /ˈeɪn dʒəl/
Angel is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 71 anagrams from letters in Angel (aegln).
Definitions for Angel
noun
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one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
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a conventional representation of such a being, in human form, with wings, usually in white robes.
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a messenger, especially of God.
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a person who performs a mission of God or acts as if sent by God:
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a person having qualities generally attributed to an angel, as beauty, purity, or kindliness.
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a person whose actions and thoughts are consistently virtuous.
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an attendant or guardian spirit.
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a deceased person whose soul is regarded as having been accepted into heaven.
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a person who provides financial backing for some undertaking, as a play, political campaign, or business venture:
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an English gold coin issued from 1470 to 1634, varying in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. and bearing on its obverse a figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon.
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Slang. an image on a radar screen caused by a low-flying object, as a bird.
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a male or female given name.
verb (used with object)
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Informal. to provide financial backing for:
Origin of Angel
before 950; 1890-95 for def 9; Middle English a(u)ngel (Anglo-French, Old French) Late Latin angelus New Testament Greek ángelos messenger of God, special use of Greek ángelos messenger; repl
Examples for Angel
The baby was naturally attracted to the bowlful of gold and jewels, but an angel intervened and pushed his hand to the other bowl.
If a call come to a man in prison it will be by an angel who can let him out.
Suppose you actually do have an angel over your shoulder telling you the right thing to do.
And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.
“If an angel be a messenger of God, I trow he is one,” said Tibble.
Especially not when the display in question includes an angel falling from the sky in flames, surrounded by Biblical verses.
Lindsay Ellingson, an “angel” for three years, said she had been inspired by Giselle and Heidi Klum.
It was the voice of an angel, but I wanted the face, the photos, the video of the family.
That I am not now; nor have I been from the moment I beheld this angel of a woman.
So there is full proof, that she came not from above all at once an angel!