Cherub

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A winged celestial being.
  • n. Christianity The second of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
  • n. A representation of a small angel, portrayed as a child with a chubby rosy face.
  • n. A person, especially a child, with an innocent or chubby face.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A winged creature represented over 90 times in the Bible as attending on God, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. First mention is in Genesis 3:24
  • n. A statue or other depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child.
  • n. A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly innocent or angelic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.
  • n. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.
  • n. One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.
  • n. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of an order of angels variously represented at different times, but generally as winged spirits with a human countenance (often simply as winged heads), and distinguished by their knowledge from the seraphs, whose distinctive quality is love.
  • n. A beautiful child: so called because in painting and sculpture cherubs are generally represented as beautiful winged children.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child
  • n. a sweet innocent baby
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    angel    infant    baby    babe   
    Variant
    cherubim    seraph   
    Form
    cherubic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    angel    child    putto    innocent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    carob   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cherubim    Cupid    archangel    toddler    sprite    angel    urchin    genii