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An angelic or heavenly being often depicted with six wings and associated with the highest angelic order in some religious traditions.
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- six-winged seraph
- painted seraph
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A painted seraph spread six wings above the altar.
The sculptor gave the seraph a face hidden by its own feathers.
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- seraph
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular seraph; plural seraphim or seraphs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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