[eyn-juh
l] 
| 1. | one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels). |
| 2. | a conventional representation of such a being, in human form, with wings, usually in white robes. |
| 3. | a messenger, esp. of God. |
| 4. | a person who performs a mission of God or acts as if sent by God: an angel of mercy. |
| 5. | a person having qualities generally attributed to an angel, as beauty, purity, or kindliness. |
| 6. | a person whose actions and thoughts are consistently virtuous. |
| 7. | an attendant or guardian spirit. |
| 8. | a deceased person whose soul is regarded as having been accepted into heaven. |
| 9. | Informal. a person who provides financial backing for some undertaking, as a play or political campaign. |
| 10. | an English gold coin issued from 1470 to 1634, varying in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. and bearing on its obverse a figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon. |
| 11. | Slang. an image on a radar screen caused by a low-flying object, as a bird. |
| 12. | Informal. to provide financial backing for. |
[eyn-juhl; Sp. ahn-hel] | a male or female given name. |
| an·gel (ān'jəl) n.
[Middle English, from Old English engel or Old French angele, both from Late Latin angelus, from Late Greek angelos, from Greek, messenger.] an·gel'ic (ān-jěl'ĭk), an·gel'i·cal adj., an·gel'i·cal·ly adv. |
Spirits who live in heaven with God; also the devils of hell, who are angels fallen from goodness. In the Bible, angels are often sent to Earth, sometimes with a human appearance, to bring the messages of God to people, to guide and protect them, or to execute God's punishments. (See Abraham and Isaac, Annunciation, cherubim, Daniel in the lions' den, Gabriel, Jacob's ladder, Lot's wife, Lucifer, Michael, Passover, plagues of Egypt, Satan, and Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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