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Definition cherub

Etymology

From Middle English cherub, cherube, cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin (“angel of the second highest order; depiction of such an angel”), from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cher?b?n, cher?b?m, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kheroubín), ????????? (kheroubeín), ???????? (kheroubím), from Hebrew ??????????‎ (k'ruvím); further etymology uncertain.

The English and Middle English word cherub(e) is derived from Latin cherub (“cherub”) (the singular form of cher?b?m, cher?b?n), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kheroúb), ultimately from Hebrew ???????‎ (kerúv). Because it was not always clear from Bible passages whether a single being or group of beings was being referred to, cherubin was used both as a singular word (plural cherubins) and plural word up to the 18th century. However, in Bible translations particularly from the 16th century onward cherub began to be favoured as the singular form, and from the 17th century cherubim as the plural form (influenced by Hebrew ??????????‎ (k'ruvím)).

The English word is cognate with French cherubin, Galician querubín, Italian cherubino, Old Spanish cherubin (modern Spanish querubín), Portuguese cherubin, querubin.

Noun

cherub (plural cherubs or cherubim or cherubims)

1. (biblical) A winged creature attending on God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
2. An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
3. (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

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