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   Arch·an·gel

   /ˈärkˌānjəl/

   

   noun

   • 1. an angel of high rank.
   • ▪ in traditional Christian angelology, a being of the eighth order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

   Word Origin Middle English, from Anglo-Norman French archangele, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek arkhangelos, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + angelos ‘messenger, angel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. archangelic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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