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angelhood|ˈeɪndʒəlhʊd|
[f. angel n. + -hood.]
1. The state or condition of an angel.
1839Bailey Festus xix. (1848) 215 That all might in Him Be one; and full and holy equalness Belong humanity as angelhood. 1858Miss Muloch Th. ab. Wom. 35 ‘Womanhood,’ the most heavenly thing next angelhood.
2. Angelic nature embodied; an angelic being; collect. a company or brotherhood of angels.
1850Mrs. Browning Poems I. 7 'Twas then I knew How ye could pity, my kind angelhood! 1862― Last Poems 30 English children pass in bloom..Such rose angelhoods, emplumed In such ringlets of pure glory. |