See seraph on Wiktionary
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"ref": "Nova Vulgata, Isaiah 6:2&6",
"roman": "Et volavit ad me unus de seraphim, et in manu eius calculus, quem forcipe tulerat de altari,",
"text": "Seraphim stabant iuxta eum; sex alae uni et sex alae alteri: duabus velabat faciem suam et duabus velabat pedes suos et duabus volabat."
},
{
"english": "and a higher angel of a lower order is inferior to a lower angel of a higher order; and the highest seraph is infinitely inferior to God.",
"ref": "c. 1300, Richard of Middleton, Clarissimi theologi magistri Ricardi de Media Villa, published 1591:",
"text": "& superior angelus inferioris ordinis, est inferior inferiori angelo superioris ordinis: & summus seraph est inferior Deo in infinitum.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"seraph"
],
"links": [
[
"biblical",
"Bible"
],
[
"seraph",
"seraph#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biblical, chiefly in the plural) seraph"
],
"tags": [
"in-plural",
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"biblical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈse.rapʰ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈs̠ɛräpʰ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈse.raf/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɛːräf]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "seraph"
}
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