Lobophora halterata, a species of geometrid moth.
Used in a Sentence
seraphim
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for seraphim.
Editorial note
Still not as strange as ꙮ, the Multiocular O from a 15th century manuscript used to describe a many-eyed seraphim.
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Quick take
Lobophora halterata, a species of geometrid moth.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of seraphim gathered in one view.
(archaic or nonstandard) Alternative form of seraph. [(biblical) A burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal. A description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for seraphim.
noun
Lobophora halterata, a species of geometrid moth.
noun
(archaic or nonstandard) Alternative form of seraph. [(biblical) A burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal. A description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6.]
Example sentences
Still not as strange as ꙮ, the Multiocular O from a 15th century manuscript used to describe a many-eyed seraphim.
He was writing about 'many-eyed seraphim', and decided that no ordinary O could do justice to them.
Did they cover up the frescoes in the pendentives of the main dome that depict the (very much non-human looking) seraphim?
Thus, the lemma of seraphim is seraph and the lemma of interim is interim.
This just sent me down such a hole reading about Fr Seraphim Rose, thanks.
I don't want to come across rude here, but Seraphim are already subject to controversy because they are made in China.
Going to dive deep into this Seraphim solar panel review.
The Bible doesn't specify how many eyes seraphim have.
It may be a squeamish ossifrage[1] or a seraphim proudleduck[2], which is to say that it was an artificial phrase chosen to be extremely unlikely to occur naturally.
More interesting to me, and what I was referencing, is that many evangelicals (and others, famously the orthodox Seraphim Rose) interpret UFO activity as spiritual phenomena, and attribute it to demons.
The first is used when the wordform is singular, as ꙩкꙩ; the second and third are used in the root for ‘eye’ when the wordform is dual, as ꙫчи, ꙭчи; and the last in the epithet ‘many-eyed’ as in серафими многоꙮчитїй ‘many-eyed seraphim’.
Quote examples
There is only one recorded usage, by a 15th century russian monk, who decided to use it in phrase “many-eyed seraphim” instead of two regular letters ‘o’.
Quoting from Wikipedia, "серафими многоꙮчитїй" (serafimi mnogoočitii, "many-eyed seraphim") Biblically accurate cyrillic O character.
> A seraph (/ˈsɛrəf/, "the burning one"; plural seraphim /ˈsɛrəfɪm/) is a type of celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism.
Ask someone further along the path with a teaching mission, not me." By the way I don't if you were aware or not, but this man, Father Seraphim Rose was actually a former student of Alan Watts.
Proper noun examples
Seraphim Rose, an Eastern Orthodox convert who went on to co-found a monastery in California.
Seraphim Rose is what happens when a gifted academic gets the mysticism bug, and I'm grateful for it.
Seraphim Rose is a great modern example of this exact process.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use seraphim in a sentence?
Still not as strange as ꙮ, the Multiocular O from a 15th century manuscript used to describe a many-eyed seraphim.
What does seraphim mean?
Lobophora halterata, a species of geometrid moth.
What part of speech is seraphim?
seraphim is commonly used as noun.