cherub

[cherĀ·ub]

You might think of a rosy faced child as a cherub, conjuring up an image of chubby, naked angels cavorting amongst the clouds. That image comes from the most familiar use of the word, which was to name an order of angels.

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A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.

Noun
an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child

Noun
a sweet innocent baby


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.


Cherub

Cher"ub , n.; pl. Cherubs ; but the Hebrew plural Cherubim is also used. [Heb. ker'd4b.] 1. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.
I knew that they were the cherubim.
He rode upon a cherub and did fly.
2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple. Ez. xxv. 18. 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. 4. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.

A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.

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