What's the difference between archangel and seraphim?

Archangel


Definition:

  • (n.) A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
  • (n.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Beautiful and ancient plants, such as spreading bellflower , could become extinct in some places through the escape of variegated yellow archangel from gardens.
  • (2) It is a problem brought from outside, from the EU," said Alexandre Galdava, an Orthodox priest at the Church of Archangel Michael in Tbilisi, who preaches that being gay is "a sexual choice based on debauchery".
  • (3) The Sun itself concluded: “We can’t just carry on with the status quo.” If the Archangel Gabriel came down from heaven and said decriminalising drugs would end war, banish poverty, reduce obesity and defeat child sex abuse, it would make no difference to a British cabinet.
  • (4) [Fuqua rolls up his sleeve to show a tattoo of the archangel Michael wielding his sword against the devil.]
  • (5) Lively accompaniment on the keyboard of the teeth To the soft refrains that Love sings in passionate hearts with Its archangel's voice to enchanting languidness!
  • (6) Archangel (£1.24) If you, like me, are a sucker for a decent dungeon-crawler, Archangel is well worth a look.
  • (7) Burial: Archangel As beautiful, moving and anthemic as dubstep, or indeed any genre of music, got in the noughties.
  • (8) Even back in the mid-60s, Walker wrote haunting songs such as Archangel, hinting at what was to come.
  • (9) To lead the Church of England, you should, ideally, combine the cunning of a Machiavelli with the majesty of the archangel Gabriel, but Welby has his advantages.He has advantages as an outsider.

Seraphim


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Seraph
  • (n.) The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a letter lambasting homosexuality as "an insult to God and man", the Metropolitan of Piraeus, Seraphim, pleaded with the country's deputy prime minister, Evangelos Venizelos, not to condone gay unions.
  • (2) "The bishop has to tone down his rhetoric and change position just as he did with the issue of Golden Dawn," he said, referring to Greece's neo-fascist party, which supported by Seraphim succeeded in stopping an Athens theatre company from performing Corpus Christi last year.

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