Definition of
Seraph
- (noun, person) an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child
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Origin of the word Seraph
- 1667, first used by Milton (probably on analogy of cherub/cherubim), singular back-formation from O.E. seraphim (pl.), from L.L. seraphim, from Gk. seraphim, from Heb. seraphim (only in Isa. vi), pl. of *saraph (which does not occur in the Bible), probably lit. "the burning one," from saraph "it burned." Seraphs were traditionall… more
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