Seraph | n.; pl. E. Seraphs Heb. Seraphim [ Heb. serāphim, pl. ] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. Isa. vi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] Seraph moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Seraphical | { } a. [ Cf. F. séraphique. ] Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. “Seraphic arms and trophies.” Milton. “Seraphical fervor.” Jer. Taylor. -- Se*raph"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Se*raph"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Seraphic |
Seraphine | n. [ From Seraph. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument. [ 1913 Webster ] |