[てんどう, tendou] (n) cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs#14,637[Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cherub \Cher"ub\, n.; pl. {Cherubs}; but the Hebrew plural
{Cherubim}is also used. [Heb. ker[=u]b.]
1. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and
chariot of the Almighty, described in --Ezekiel i. and x.
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I knew that they were the cherubim. --Ezek. x. 20.
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He rode upon a cherub and did fly. --Ps. xviii.
10.
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2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in
connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and
Temple. --Ez. xxv. 18.
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3. 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.
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4. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have
represented cherubs as beautiful children.
[1913 Webster] Cherubic
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