"angelical" meaning in English

See angelical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more angelical [comparative], most angelical [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English aungelicale, from Latin angelicus + -al; equivalent to angel + -ical. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aungelicale}} Middle English aungelicale, {{der|en|la|angelicus}} Latin angelicus, {{af|en|angel|-ical}} angel + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} angelical (comparative more angelical, superlative most angelical)
  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel. Derived forms: angelicality, angelically, angelicalness, archangelical, disangelical, unangelical
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