This Urganda seemed to be aware of her own importance.--Smollett.
Ur´gel, one of Charlemagne’s paladins, famous for his enormous strength.
U´riel (3 syl.), or Israfil, the angel who is to sound the resurrection trumpet.--Al Korân.
Uriel, one of the seven great spirits, whose station was in the sun. The word means “God’s light” (see 2 Esdras iv., v., x. 28).
The archangel Uriel, one of the seven
Who, in God’s presence, nearest to his throne,
Stand ready at command.
Milton, Paradise Lost, iii. 648, etc. (1665).
⁂ Longfellow calls him “the minister of Mars,” and says that he inspires man with “fortitude to bear the brunt and suffering of life.”--The Golden Legend, iii. (1851).
U´rien, the foster-father of Prince Madoc. He followed the prince to his settlement in North America, south of the Missouri (twelfth century).--Southey, Madoc (1805)[(1805)].