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| cher·ub [ chérrəb ] (plural cher·ubs) |
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1. depiction of angel: an angel depicted as a chubby-faced child with wings, sometimes simply as a child's head above a pair of wings
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2. (plural cher·u·bim [ chérrəbim ] or cher·ubs) angel of eighth-highest order: in Christianity, a member of the eighth of the nine orders in the medieval hierarchy of angels
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| [Pre-12th century. Via Latin cherub, Greek kheroub< Hebrew kĕrūḇ, probably < Akkadian; confused with Aramaic kĕ-raḇyā "like a child"] |
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