seraph

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A celestial being having three pairs of wings.

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The first of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

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One of the celestial beings described in Isaiah vi. 1–6 as surrounding the throne of Jehovah.

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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.

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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.

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A six-winged angel; the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. A detailed description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6

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an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child