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ARCHANGEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("archangel" is a kind of...):
angel (spiritual being attendant upon God)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "archangel"):
Gabriel ((Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God)
Michael ((Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews)
Raphael (an archangel of the Hebrew tradition)
Derivation:
archangelic; archangelical (of or relating to or resembling archangels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally
Synonyms:
Angelica Archangelica; archangel; garden angelica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("archangel" is a kind of...):
angelica; angelique (any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels)
