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A messenger. [R.] The dear good angel of the Spring, The nightingale. B. Jonson.

See under Angel.

Existence or state of angels.

A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc.

The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.

Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps." Thomson."Angelical actions." Hooker. The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. Macaulay. Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so calle…

An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.

Like an angel.

The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.

To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647).

To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic. It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. W. Taylor.

Resembling an angel.

Worship paid to angels.

A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman.

The actual appearance of an angel to man.

A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]

The Angelus bell. Shipley.

A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. Milton.

Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton.