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Cherubim

A winged creature attending 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.

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noun
  1. 1

    A winged creature attending 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. 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. 3

    A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

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