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cher⋅ub

   [cher-uhb]
–noun, plural cher⋅ubs for 3, 4; cher⋅u⋅bim  [cher-uh-bim, -yoo-bim] for 1, 2.
1. a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
2. Theology. a member of the second order of angels, often represented as a beautiful rosy-cheeked child with wings.
3. a beautiful or innocent person, esp. a child.
4. a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby, innocent face.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME < L < Gk < Heb kərūbh; r. ME cherubin, OE c(h)erubin, cerubim (all sing.) < L cherūbim < Gk < Heb kərūbhīm (pl.)
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cher·ub     (chěr'əb)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. pl. cher·u·bim (chěr'ə-bĭm', -yə-bĭm')
    1. A winged celestial being.
    2. cherubim Christianity The second of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
    3. A representation of a small angel, portrayed as a child with a chubby rosy face.
    4. A person, especially a child, with an innocent or chubby face.
  2. pl. cher·ubs
    1. A representation of a small angel, portrayed as a child with a chubby rosy face.
    2. A person, especially a child, with an innocent or chubby face.

[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew kərûb; see krb in Semitic roots.]
che·ru'bic (chə-rōō'bĭk) adj., che·ru'bi·cal·ly adv.
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cherubic

adjective
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic] 

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Cherubic

Che*ru"bic\, Cherubical \Che*ru"bic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. "The cherubic host." --Milton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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