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cherubin
n.
36 quotations in 2 senses
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Theol.
An angel of the second order (ranking below a seraph) in the hierarchy of nine orders;
angel cherubin
; also used allusively of the Evangelists for their wisdom. [Cherubs stand beside God's…
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