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Definition of Seraph
1. Noun. An angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child.
Definition of Seraph
1. n. One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels.
Definition of Seraph
1. Noun. (biblical) A six-winged angel; the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. A detailed description can be found at the beginning of [ Isaiah chapter 6] ¹
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Definition of Seraph
1. a winged celestial being [n -APHS, -APHIM, or -APHIN] : SERAPHIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Seraph
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One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. "As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns.
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Literary usage of Seraph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetical Works by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1873)
"THE seraph sings before the manifest God-One, and in the burning of the Seven,
... Even so, Sing, seraph with the glory! heaven is high ; Sing, ..."
2. Poems, by E.B. Barrett by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1862)
"THE seraph sings before the manifest God-One, and in the burning of the Seven,
... Even so, Sing, seraph with the glory! heaven is high ; Sing, ..."
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