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Definition of Angelical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to angels. "Angelic messenger"

2. Adjective. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. "A sweet disposition"

3. Adjective. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint. "My sainted mother"

Definition of Angelical

1. Adjective. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Angelical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Angelical

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps." ."Angelical actions." . "The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience." (Macaulay) Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke II. 14. Origin: L. Angelicus, Gr., cf. F. Angelique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angelical

angel sharks angelage angelaite angeldom angeled angelellite angelfish angelfishes angelhood angelhoods

angelic angelic acid angelic non-determinism angelica root angelical (current term) angelically angelicalness angelicas angelicin angelicins

angelick angelicness angelified angelifies angelify angelifying angelim angeling angelino

Literary usage of Angelical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spirit of Prayer: Or The Soul Rising Out of the Vanity of Time, Into the by William Law (1823)
"In this angelical kingdom, the one element (which is now in four parts) was then a fruitful mother of wonders, continually bringing forth new forms and ..."

2. A Full Catechism of the Catholic Religion by Joseph Deharbe (1889)
"On the angelical Salutation. 49. What prayer do Catholics usually say after the Our Father ... Why do we add the angelical Salutation to the Lord's Prayer ? ..."

3. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... in societate angelorum,f " angelical bodies, fit for society and converse with angels ;" and declaring the difference betwixt the bodies of angels and ..."

4. The Life and Labours of Saint Thomas of Aquin by Roger Bede Vaughan, Jerome Vaughan (1890)
"Had not the angelical possessed that priceless gift of assimilating to his own plastic mind, by a certain spontaneous attraction, anything and everything ..."

5. The Saint's Everlasting Rest, Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the by Richard Baxter, Benjamin Fawcett (1811)
"Be much in the angelical work of praise. The more heavenly the employment, the more will it make the spirit heavenly. Praising God is the work of angels and ..."

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