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Definition of Archangelical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling archangels.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archangelical
Literary usage of Archangelical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"With one foot on the sea and one foot on the land he blew from the archangelical
trumpet the brazen death of time. The three blasts of the angel filled all ..."
2. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1894)
"... high as the archangelical gate behind Mother Eve, and they are down on their
knees blubbering gratitude and repentance if the gate swings open to them. ..."
3. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1834)
"... why and wherefore, the when and how, for what and to whom such a palpable
manifestation of archangelical beauty and wing- edness had been vouchsafed. ..."
4. Nineteenth Century Letters by Byron Johnson Rees (1919)
"... for what is a squirrel but an airy pig, or a filbert but a sort of archangelical
acorn? About the nuts being worth cracking, all I can say is, ..."
5. Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats by John Keats, Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton (1848)
"... for what is a squirrel but an airy pig, or a filbert but a sort of archangelical
acorn ? About the nuts being worth cracking, all I can say is, ..."
6. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1910)
"... may reach when, rooted fast, His branching stem points way to upper air And
skyward still aspires, we see in him Who sang for us the archangelical host, ..."
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