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"word": "serafin"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "serafim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "serafim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "serafím",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "серафи́м"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "серафим"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "serafim"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"word": "serafín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"word": "seraf"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"word": "serapin"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "serāpu",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"word": "సెరాపు"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "serafým",
"sense": "high order of angels",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "серафи́м"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"seraph"
],
"word": "seraph"
}
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