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Raph·a·el

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–noun

1.	(Raffaello Santi or Sanzio) 1483–1520, Italian painter.

2.	one of the archangels.

3.	a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “healing of the Lord.”

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Raph·a·el¹ Audio Help (rāf'ē-əl, rā'fē-, rä'fē-ěl') Pronunciation Key
n. One of the archangels of Hebrew tradition.

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Raph·a·el² Audio Help (rāf'ē-əl, rā'fē-, rä'fē-ěl') Pronunciation Key
Italian painter whose works, including religious subjects, portraits, and frescoes, exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance.

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Raphael

masc. proper name, Biblical archangel (Apocrypha), from L.L., from Gk. Hraphael, from Heb. Rephael, lit. "God has healed," from rapha "he healed" + el "God." Raphaelesque (1832) is in ref. to painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520). See Pre-Raphaelite.

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raphael
noun
1.	Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)
2.	an archangel of the Hebrew tradition

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