archangel

From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). Surface analysis arch- +‎ angel.

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪn.d͡ʒəl/

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archangel (plural archangels)

1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
2. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)

• archangelology
• cherub
• cherubim
• choir
• choirs of angels
• domination
• power
• principality
• seraph
• seraphim
• throne

From Middle Welsh archangel, from Proto-Brythonic *arxangel, a borrowing from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos). Equivalent to arch- +‎ angel (“angel”). Cognate with Breton arc'hael.

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /arˈχaŋɛl/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /arˈχaŋal/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /arˈχaŋɛl/

archangel m (plural archangylion)

1. (religion) archangel