Definition of Serph
Ser"aph (?), n.; pl. E.
Seraphs (#), Heb. Seraphim (#).
[Heb. serāphim, pl.] 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.
Isa. vi. 2.
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns,
As the rapt seraph that adores and burns.
Pope.
Seraph moth (Zoöl.), 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.
Ser"aph (?), n.; pl. E.
Seraphs (#), Heb. Seraphim (#).
[Heb. serāphim, pl.] 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.
Isa. vi. 2.
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns,
As the rapt seraph that adores and burns.
Pope.
Seraph moth (Zoöl.), 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Biblical tradition) The highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim and below only God Himself.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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