SERAPH Ser"aph, n.; pl. E. Seraphs, Heb. Seraphim. Etym: [Heb. seraphim, pl.]
Defn: One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. Isa. vi. 2. As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. Pope. Seraph moth (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.
SERAPHIC; SERAPHICAL
Se*raph"ic, Se*raph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. séraphique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. "Seraphic arms and trophies." Milton. "Seraphical fervor." Jer. Taylor. — Se*raph"ic*al*ly, adv. — Se*raph"ic*al*ness, n.
SERAPHICISM
Se*raph"i*cism, n.
Defn: The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness.
[R.] Cudworth.
SERAPHIM
Ser"a*phim, n.
Defn: The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.
Note: The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the
King James version of the Bible, Isa. vi. 2 and 6.
SERAPHINA
Ser`a*phi"na, n. Etym: [NL.]