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noun
an·gel ˈān-jəl
1
: a spiritual being serving God especially as a messenger or as a
guardian of human beings
2
: MESSENGER, HARBINGER
angel of death
3
: a person as pure, lovely, or good as an angel
angelic
an-ˈjel-ik
adjective
or angelical
-i-kəl
angelically
-i-k(ə-)lē
adverb
Etymology
Middle English angel "spiritual being," from Old English engel and
early French angele (both, same meaning), derived from
Greek angelos "messenger"