Word: cherubimic
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...Cherubim and seraphim were sometimes interchangeable. The traditional pattern for both consisted of a head, hands, feet and six wings-one pair pointing down, one pair up, and the third pair spread to fly. It was a formula that could achieve a hierarchic majesty-no angelic being radiates more effortless authority than the mosaic cherub in St. Mark's in Venice, unfurling his blue wings against a blaze of gold mosaic. In the general humanization of angels during the Renaissance, the cherub's presence quickly succumbed. He became crossed with the amoretti, or baby cupids, of antiquity...
...Bert (older brunettes) and Flossie and Freddy (blond cherubim...
Male or Female? The author's literary pilgrimage takes her through diverting patches of angelic lore. Biblically speaking, most angels are confined to the hierarchical ranks in heaven-seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, etc. Only the lowest ranks, archangels and angels, have ever had contact with man, appearing as messengers and ministers of God, especially at crucial moments when things had to be done that defied human logic-opening the Red Sea, for example, so that the children of Israel could pass. But no scriptural source deals adequately with such practical matters as what angels wore, what they really...
...Cherubim isn't expecting any "duds." His program calls for an unspecified number of qualified teachers; and Ceylon's concern is not with the quantity of teachers, but rather with their ability, he stated...
...Cherubim said he hopes that about 10 Harvard students will be selected for the plan. He noted that application blanks, now available at 1145 Massachusetts Ave., must be submitted by April...