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archangel
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archangel, in religion

archangel (ärk`ānjəl), chief angel angel (ān`jəl), [Gr.,=messenger], bodiless, immortal spirit, limited in knowledge and power, accepted in the traditional belief of
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. They are four to seven in number. Sometimes specific functions are ascribed to them. The four best known in Christian tradition are Michael Michael (mī`kəl) [Heb.,=who is like God?], archangel prominent in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions.
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, Gabriel Gabriel (gā`brēəl), archangel, the divine herald.
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, Raphael Raphael (răf`ēəl, rā`–), archangel.
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, and Uriel 1,

2 Two descendants of Kohath.

3 Man whose daughter became mother of King Abijah of Judah. The name appears in the pseudepigrapha for an archangel. He is introduced in Milton's Paradise Lost as the angel of the sun.
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. In early Jewish literature archangels are called "angels of the presence."

Archangel, city, Russia

Archangel: see Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (ərkhän`gĭlsk) or Archangel
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, Russia.

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