archangel

名词 archangel:

1. an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
2. a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally
   同义词：garden angelica, Angelica Archangelica

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n.（名词）
A high-ranking angel.
大天使：高阶层的天使
archangels The eighth of the nine orders of spiritual beings in medieval angelology.
archangels 第八级天使：中世纪天使学中九级天使的第八级

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French archangele
源自 古法语 archangele
from Late Latin archangelus
源自 后期拉丁语 archangelus
from Late Greek arkhangelos
源自 后期希腊语 arkhangelos
Greek arkh- [archi-]
希腊语 arkh- [前缀，表.主要的.]
Greek angelos [angel]
希腊语 angelos [天使]

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