archangel

See also: Archangel

English

From Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix αρχ- (arkh-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). Surface analysis arch- +‎ angel.

archangel (plural archangels)

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
In Christian angelology, an archangel is an angel from the third level or choir of angels, ranked above virtues and below powers.

Terms related to archangel

angel who leads other angels

Afrikaans: aartsengel (af)
Armenian: հրեշտակապետ (hy) (hreštakapet)
Asturian: arcánxel m
Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀‎‎ (Aməša Spəṇta)
Catalan: arcàngel m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大天使 (daai⁶ tin¹ sai²), 天使長 (tin¹ sai² zoeng²)

Mandarin: 大天使 (dàtiānshǐ), 天使長, 天使长 (tiānshǐcháng)
Czech: archanděl m
Danish: ærkeengel c, overengel c
Dutch: aartsengel (nl) m
Esperanto: ĉefanĝelo
Estonian: peaingel
Finnish: arkkienkeli (fi), ylienkeli
French: archange (fr)
Galician: arcanxo m
Georgian: მთავარანგელოზი (mtavarangelozi)
German: Erzengel (de) m
Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 m (arkaggilus)
Greek: αρχάγγελος (el) m (archángelos)
Hebrew: רַב־מַלְאָךְ‎‎ m (rav-mal'ákh)
Hungarian: arkangyal (hu)
Icelandic: erkiengill m
Ido: arkianjelo (io)

Irish: ardaingeal m
Italian: arcangelo (it) m
Japanese: 大天使 (daitenshi), 天使長 (tenshichō)
Korean: 대천사 (ko) (daecheonsa)
Macedonian: архангел m (arhangel)
Manx: ard-ainle m
Norman: archange m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overengel m

Nynorsk: overengel m
Novial: arkianjele
Persian: فرشتگان مقرب‎‎ (fereštegân-e moqarrab)
Polish: archanioł (pl) m
Portuguese: arcanjo (pt) m
Romanian: arhanghel (ro) m
Russian: арха́нгел (ru) m (arxángel)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: арханђел m, арханђео m

Roman: arhanđel (sh) m, arhanđeo m
Spanish: arcángel (es) m
Swahili: överängel c
Swedish: ärkeängel (sv) c
Tagalog: arkanghel
Tok Pisin: akanggelo
Turkish: baş melek
Welsh: archangel m

archangel m (plural archangylion)

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