seraph

[ ser-uh f ]

/ ˈsɛr əf /

one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.

a member of the highest order of angels, often represented as a child's head with wings above, below, and on each side.

Origin of seraph

First recorded in 1660–70; back formation from seraphim

ser·aph·like, adjective

seralbumin, seram, serang, serape, serapeum, seraph, seraphic, seraphim, serapis, serb, serb.

Then he rang off, and I gave a résumé of our conversation to the Seraph.

The Sixth Sense |Stephen McKenna
The Seraph turned to Philip, glancing at the clock as he did so.

The Sixth Sense |Stephen McKenna
The pale, dead face, upon which the mellow radiance of sunset streamed through the sky-light, was lovely as a seraph's.

The Portland Sketch Book |Various
The trout leaped into the air with a flourish of silvery tail; then fell floundering on The Seraph's bare knees.

Explorers of the Dawn |Mazo de la Roche

It was five o'clock when I awoke, and I found the Seraph playing with a sheet of paper.

The Sixth Sense |Stephen McKenna

seraph

/ (ˈsɛrəf) /

theol a member of the highest order of angels in the celestial hierarchies, often depicted as the winged head of a child

Old Testament one of the fiery six-winged beings attendant upon Jehovah in Isaiah's vision (Isaiah 6)

C17: back formation from plural seraphim, via Late Latin from Hebrew