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angels
- Spirits who live in heaven with God; also the devils of hell , who are angels fallen from goodness. In the Bible (see also Bible ), angels are often sent to Earth , sometimes with a human appearance, to bring the messages of God to people, to guide and protect them, or to execute God's punishments. ( See Abraham and Isaac , Annunciation , cherubim , Daniel in the lions' den , Gabriel , Jacob's ladder , Lot's wife , Lucifer , Michael , Passover (see also Passover ), plagues of Egypt , Satan , and Sodom and Gomorrah .)
Idioms and Phrases
see fools rush in where angels fear to tread ; on the side of the angels .Example Sentences
“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now. He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us,†Martin Rabbett, his lifelong partner, said in a statement reported by Associated Press.
He said: "Our beloved Richard is with the angels now. He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us."
They had faith in this country and believed in its better angels.
You can still lean on people's better angels of their nature — maybe not as much as you could, but it's not fully gone, you know.
It matters less to me that we transgress, that we fall back or fall prey to our lesser angels.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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