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Angel

A messenger.

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Archangel 76% connected

A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.

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Buddha 76% connected

The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya…

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Cherub 76% connected

A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.

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Fakir 76% connected

An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk.

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Faquir 76% connected

See Fakir.

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Seraph 76% connected

One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class…

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Patron 76% connected

One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

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Sponsor 76% connected

One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Angelic 74% connected

Alt. of Angelical

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Angelic 74% connected

Alt. of Angelical

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Angelical 74% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.

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Angelical 74% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.

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Sainted 74% connected

of Saint

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Sainted 74% connected

of Saint

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Sainthood 74% connected

The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

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Sainthood 74% connected

The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.

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Sanctify 74% connected

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

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Sanctify 74% connected

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

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Wing 70% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Synonym 2

Backer 92% connected

One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.

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Saint 92% connected

A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

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