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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" ], "id": "en-seraph-la-noun-p6Q9iP20", "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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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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