Angel

ān′jel, n. a divine me enger: a ministering spirit: an attendant or guardian spirit: a person po e ing the qualities attributed to such—gentlene , purity, .: one supposed to have a special commi ion, as the head of the Church in Rev. ii. and iii., or the angel of the Catholic and Apostolic Church, who corresponds in a limited sense to the bishop of other Christian denominations: ( poet. ) a me enger generally: in art, the conventional figure attributed to the angel—a figure of great beauty, youthful, clothed in flowing garments, with wings: an old Eng. coin = 10s., bearing the figure of an angel.— n. An′gel-fish , a voracious fish, allied to the shark, from six to eight feet long, with large, wing-like pectoral fins.— adjs. Angel′ic (an-), Angel′ical .— adv. Angel′ically .— ns. Angelol′atry (ān-), angel-worship; Angelol′ogy , the doctrine regarding angels; Angeloph′any , the manifestation of an angel to man. [Gr. angelos , a me enger.]