angel
IPA: ˈeɪndʒʌɫ
noun
- An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
- (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
- A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.
- (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
- (possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
- (historical) An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
- (military slang, originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
- (colloquial, dated) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
- (finance) An angel investor.
- (theater) The person who funds a show.
- (informal) A person who has Angelman syndrome.
- A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century; or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.
- A surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname or, rarely, as a patronymic.
- A female given name from English of modern usage from the English noun angel.
- (baseball) A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.
- Alternative letter-case form of angel. [An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.]
verb
- (transitive, theater, slang) To support by donating money.
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Examples of "angel" in Sentences
- His lips would twist like he tasted something pickle-sour every time he said the word angel.
- Matthew and John use the term angel, but Mark and Luke speak of one “dressed in a white garment.”
- While the angel is a thrill of no trivial dimension, she's also a tip-off to Kushner's billowing excesses.
- Also incidentally, Switters had once been under the impression that the term angel, as applied to certain evolved mavericks within the CIA, was an entirely ironic reference to a dopey book by the evangelist Billy Graham, entitled Angels: God's Secret Agents.
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