Word Meanings - ANGELLIKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling an angel.

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• ANGELIC; ANGELICAL
  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.
• ANGELOT
  1. 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
• ANGELIFY
  To make like an angel; to angelize. Farindon .
• ANGELICA
  1. 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. 2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
• ANGELHOOD
  The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.
• ANGELOPHANY
  The actual appearance of an angel to man.
• ANGELET
  A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc.
• ANGELICALLY
  Like an angel.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• ANGELOLATRY
  Worship paid to angels.
• ANGELIC
  Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• ANGELLIKE
  Resembling an angel.
• ANGELIZE
  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.
• ANGELUS
  A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. The Angelus bell. Shipley.
• ANGELOLOGY
  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.
• ANGEL FISH
  See ANGEL
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• ANGEL
  An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc. Note: Angel is sometimes used adjectively; as, angel grace; angel whiteness. Angel bed, a bed without posts. -- Angel
• EVANGELICISM
  Evangelical principles; evangelism.
• EVANGELICITY
  Evangelicism.
• EVANGELISM
  The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon.
• EVANGELICALNESS
  State of being evangelical.
• ARCHANGELIC
  Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton.
• EVANGEL
  Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton. Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel. Whittier.
• VOX ANGELICA
  An organ stop of delicate stringlike quality, having for each finger key a pair of pipes, of which one is tuned slightly sharp to give a wavy effect to their joint tone.
• MANGEL-WURZEL
  A kind of large field beet , used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet.
• DISANGELICAL
  Not angelical. "Disangelical nature." Coventry.
• EVANGELIAN
  Rendering thanks for favors.