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Archangelic

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Arch·an·gel  (ärknjl)
See Arkhangelsk.
arch·an·gel  (ärknjl)
n.
1. A high-ranking angel.
2. archangels The eighth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
[Middle English, from Old French archangele, from Late Latin archangelus, from Late Greek arkhangelos : Greek arkh-, archi- + Greek angelos, angel.]
archan·gelic (-n-jlk) adj.
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Adj.1.Archangelicarchangelic - of or relating to or resembling archangels
archangelical


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