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Definition of Guardian angel
1. Noun. An angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual.
Generic synonyms: Angel
Specialized synonyms: Genius Loci, Eudaemon, Eudemon, Good Spirit
Definition of Guardian angel
1. Noun. A spirit believed to protect and to guide a particular person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guardian Angel
Literary usage of Guardian angel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"Or the breathings of the baby that slumber'cl on my breast 7 Oh ! no, my Guardian
Angel, ... Oh ! no, my guardian angel, my tried and faithful friend, ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... the conclusion that it must have been some power divine and my good guardian
angel. CXIX. During the following night there appeared to me in dreams a ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... by John the Monk" (Nilles, II,), which contains a clear expression of belief
in the doctrine that a guardian angel is assigned to each individual. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... thy disencumber] soul -a Mounts up, and leaves behind the clono and starry
pole: From thence thy kindred legions mav-. To aid the guardian angel of thy ..."
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