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Seraph
Pronunciation : Ser"aph, n.; pl. E. Seraphs
Part of Speech : Heb.
Etymology : [Heb. seraphim, pl.]
Definition : Defn: One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. Isa. vi. 2. As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. Pope. Seraph moth (Zo?l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.
Seraphim.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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