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cherub

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəb/Part of speech nounSorted bcehruStarts with CEnds with B0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child

Word origin

From Middle English cherub, cherube, cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin (“angel of the second highest order; depiction of such an angel”), from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cherūbīm, cherūbīn, from Ancient Greek χερουβῑ́μ (kheroubī́m), χερουβείν (kheroubeín), χερουβίμ (kheroubím), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím);.

Used in a sentence

  • Over the arcke were the cherubyns off glory shadowynge the seate of grace.
  • So he [God] droue out the man [Adam]: and he placed at the East of the garden of Eden, Cherubims, and a flaming ſword, which turned euery way, to keepe the way of the tree of life.
  • About his Chariot numberleſs were pour'd / Cherub and Seraph, Potentates and Thrones, / And Vertues, winged Spirits, and Chariots wing'd, […]

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