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Cherub

Cherub · m

the name of a rank of angels mentioned in the Old Testament

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Where it lives

Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k

What it meant

Chĕrub — Lewis & Short

Chĕrub, m., ,

plur. Chĕrūbĭm (Cherubin), plur.

I the name of a rank of angels mentioned in the Old Testament, Vulg. Ezech. 9, 3; id. Gen. 3, 24; Prud. Cath. 4, 4; cf. Hier. in Ezech. 9 and 28; Isid. Orig. 7, 5, 22 sq.; 14, 3, 4; Ven. Fort. Carm. 7, 3, 131.

Where it came from

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