Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- More than angelic; superior in nature or rank to the angels; relating to or connected with a world or state of existence higher than that of the angels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Superior to the angels in nature or rank.
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- adjective Superior to angels in power, rank, nature, etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is not even superhuman, nor superangelic except in its degrees and effects.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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Now, Christ in his superangelic state in heaven was not involved in sin or in its doom of death and subterranean banishment.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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He was, as they believed, a superangelic being, the only begotten Son of God, possessing a nature, powers, and credentials transcending those delegated to any other being below
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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But this "pure love" soars beyond David's, and finds it a duty to be unthankful, lest perchance some selfish element mingle itself with its superhuman, superangelic purity.
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_superangelic_ spirit; which spirit, coming in time to be united to a human body, makes according to them, the person of Christ.
Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery
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