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Cherubim

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cher·ub  (chrb)
n.
1. pl. cher·u·bim (chr-bm, -y-bm)
a. A winged celestial being.
b. cherubim Christianity The second of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
2. pl. cher·ubs
a. A representation of a small angel, portrayed as a child with a chubby rosy face.
b. A person, especially a child, with an innocent or chubby face.
[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew krûb; see krb in Semitic roots.]
che·rubic (ch-rbk) adj.
che·rubi·cal·ly adv.
Cherubim cherubs collectively or plural, 1613.


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But far within And in thir own dimensions like themselves The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat A thousand Demy-Gods on golden seat's, Frequent and full.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
---And know, proud knight, we number names amongst us to which your boasted northern nobility is as the gourd compared with the cedar---names that ascend far back to those high times when the Divine Presence shook the mercy-seat between the cherubim, and which derive their splendour from no earthly prince, but from the awful Voice, which bade their fathers be nearest of the congregation to the Vision---Such were the princes of the House of Jacob.
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He never loved me; he never loved Wackford, who is next door but one to a cherubim.
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