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Meaning
Noun
●
In Bible & People:
A
winged
creature
attending
God,
described
by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th
c
entury) as the second
highest
order of
angels
,
ranked
above
thrones
and below
seraphim
;
similar
to a
lamassu
in the
pre-exilic
texts
of the Hebrew Bible, more
humanoid
in
later
texts
.
●
An
artistic
depiction
of such a being,
typically
in the form of a
winged
child
or a
child
's
head
with
wings
but no body.
●
A person, especially a
child
, seen as being
particularly
angelic
or innocent.
Sourced from
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Synonyms
Amoretto
Cupid
Putto
Angel
Innocent
Cherubin
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