Wiktionary:Word of the day/November 1

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Word of the day
for November 1
cherub n
  1. (biblical) A winged creature attending on God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
  2. An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
  3. (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

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