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cherub
noun
- cherubim
1a. ) an angel, represented in painting and sculpture as a winged child;
cherubim
1b. ) in the traditional medieval hierarchy of nine ranks of angels: an angel of the second-highest rank. Compare seraph, throne, dominion, virtue, power, principality, archangel, angel.
2. A sweet, innocent and beautiful child.
adj
adverb
