angelityn.

Brit.

/anˈdʒɛlᵻti/, U.S.

/ænˈdʒɛlədi/

Forms: 1500s (Scottish) angelite, 1600s angelitie, 1800s– angelity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Apparently also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin angelitat- , angelitas ; angel n., -ity suffix.

Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin angelitat-, angelitas angelic nature or character (a1316; a1349 in a British source) < angelus angel n. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). In sense 2 apparently independently < angel n. + -ity suffix.

1. The quality, condition, or fact of being an angel, or of being like an angel; angelic nature or character. rare before 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > quality of being

angelitya1560

angelship1592

angelence1652

angelicalness1664

angelhood1708

a1560 W. Kennedy Passioun of Christ in J. A. W. Bennett Devotional Pieces (1955) 53 This nobill knycht throw his angelite On pasche day rais, and so of þe graif out past.

1827 R. M. Bird Cowled Lover & Other Plays (1941) 139 Yet Lucifer, With all his beauty and angelity, Fell, lifeless, too, from heaven.

1888 Belford's Mag. Sept. 589 Dumbarton was smiling, his face the very picture of innocence and angelity.

1958 Lima News 3 Nov. 11/1 The appearance of angelity can be fostered.

1992 A. R. Siddons Colony (2000) 438 A howl from the nursery announced the end of angelity.

2. Angels considered collectively or as a type of being. rare before 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > race of or collectively

angelkindc1175

baronage1340

hierarchyc1380

host or hosts of heaven1382

angelity1652

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila v. xxxii. 71 Oft, my rapt Soul, ascending to the Eye, Peept through upon Angelitie, Whose Blaze did burnisht Plate of sparkling Sol outvie!

1969 Mass. Rev. 10 453 Holy community of humanity, my old world, & you, holier commune of angelity, my new world.

2008 M. D. King Sean Hannity's Theocracy (e-book, accessed 6 Jan. 2012) 12 Humanity would grow closer to the power of angelity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	angelity
释义	angelityn. Brit. /anˈdʒɛlᵻti/, U.S. /ænˈdʒɛlədi/ Forms: 1500s (Scottish) angelite, 1600s angelitie, 1800s– angelity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Apparently also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin angelitat- , angelitas ; angel n., -ity suffix. Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin angelitat-, angelitas angelic nature or character (a1316; a1349 in a British source) < angelus angel n. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). In sense 2 apparently independently < angel n. + -ity suffix. 1. The quality, condition, or fact of being an angel, or of being like an angel; angelic nature or character. rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > quality of being angelitya1560 angelship1592 angelence1652 angelicalness1664 angelhood1708 a1560 W. Kennedy Passioun of Christ in J. A. W. Bennett Devotional Pieces (1955) 53 This nobill knycht throw his angelite On pasche day rais, and so of þe graif out past. 1827 R. M. Bird Cowled Lover & Other Plays (1941) 139 Yet Lucifer, With all his beauty and angelity, Fell, lifeless, too, from heaven. 1888 Belford's Mag. Sept. 589 Dumbarton was smiling, his face the very picture of innocence and angelity. 1958 Lima News 3 Nov. 11/1 The appearance of angelity can be fostered. 1992 A. R. Siddons Colony (2000) 438 A howl from the nursery announced the end of angelity. 2. Angels considered collectively or as a type of being. rare before 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > race of or collectively angelkindc1175 baronage1340 hierarchyc1380 host or hosts of heaven1382 angelity1652 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila v. xxxii. 71 Oft, my rapt Soul, ascending to the Eye, Peept through upon Angelitie, Whose Blaze did burnisht Plate of sparkling Sol outvie! 1969 Mass. Rev. 10 453 Holy community of humanity, my old world, & you, holier commune of angelity, my new world. 2008 M. D. King Sean Hannity's Theocracy (e-book, accessed 6 Jan. 2012) 12 Humanity would grow closer to the power of angelity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1560
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