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Gabriel

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Ga·bri·el  (gbr-l)
n.
In the Bible, an angel who explained signs from God and announced the conception, birth, and mission of Jesus to Mary.
Gabriel [ˈgeɪbrɪəl]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Bible one of the archangels, the messenger of good news (Daniel 8:16-26; Luke 1:11-20, 26-38)
Gabriel2
n
(Biographies / Gabriel, Jacques-Ange (1698-1782) M, French, ARCHITECTURE: architect) Jacques-Ange (ʒakɑ̃ʒ). 1698-1782, French architect: designed the Petit Trianon at Versailles
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Noun1.GabrielGabriel - (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Bible, Word of God, Book, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
archangel - an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
Translations
Gabriel [ˈgeɪbrɪəl] N → Gabriel


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The unflinching earnestness with which he declared these things; --the dark, daring play of his sleepless, excited imagination, and all the preternatural terrors of real delirium, united to invest this Gabriel in the minds of the majority of the ignorant crew, with an atmosphere of sacredness.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
I am not what you take me for, Gabriel Varden,' replied the other.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Betwixt these rockie Pillars GABRIEL sat Chief of th' Angelic Guards, awaiting night; About him exercis'd Heroic Games Th' unarmed Youth of Heav'n, but nigh at hand Celestial Armourie, Shields, Helmes, and Speares Hung high with Diamond flaming, and with Gold.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
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