SERAPHIM

(Heb. to purify.) In the Celestial Hierarchy, the angels of the highest rank. They are represented as surrounding the throne of God, whose me engers they are, and as being more immediately inspired with the Divine love, which they communicate to the inferior inhabitants of heaven. They are almost invariably spoken of in connexion with the cherubim, whom they resemble both In rank and attributes. [s. 1126]