seraph

n. pl. [ Heb. terāphīm. ] Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Seraphs Heb. Seraphim [ Heb. serāphim, pl. ] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. Isa. vi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns,
As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seraph moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. séraphique. ] Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. “Seraphic arms and trophies.” Milton. “Seraphical fervor.” Jer. Taylor. -- Se*raph"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Se*raph"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the King James version of the Bible, Isa. vi. 2 and 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] A seraphine. [ 1913 Webster ]