cherub

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noun

Plural noun:

cherubscherubimcherubimscherubin

1.
(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
2.
(post-biblical) A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
3.
In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
Đồng nghĩa: amoretto, cupid, putto
4.
(figuratively)A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
Đồng nghĩa: angel, innocent

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Đồng nghĩa

amorettocupid putto angel innocent

Cùng gốc / liên quan

cherubicalcherublesscherublikecherubiccherubicallycherubismcherubimiccherubimical

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English cherub, cherube, cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin, from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cherūbīm, cherūbīn, from Ancient Greek χερουβῑ́μ, χερουβείν, χερουβίμ, from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים;.