| 单词 | the devil and his angels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe devil (also Satan) and his angels 2. Christian Church. Any of a number of celestial beings believed to have rebelled against God and been cast out of heaven (see Revelation 12:7-9); a fallen angel. Frequently in the devil (also Satan) and his angels (and variants).These angels are said to be led by Satan; Satan himself, as identified with Lucifer (see Lucifer n. 2a), is sometimes said to be one of them.See also fallen angel n. 1, rebel angel n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun] hell-devileOE shuckc888 ghosteOE devilOE warlockOE angelOE unwighta1200 beastc1225 ragmanc1400 Satanasc1426 diabolic1502 ruffy1502 Satan?1545 Avernal?1548 fallen angel?1587 rebel angel1623 deedle1653 blackamoor1663 the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > fallen angel angelOE fallen angel?1587 rebel angel1623 OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 41 Gewitað awyrgyde fram me on þæt ece fyr þe ys deofle & hys englum gegearwud [L. diabolo et angelis eius]. OE Confessionale Pseudo-Egberti (Tiber.) in Anglia (1889) 12 516 Drihten gescilde þe wið ealle deofles costnunga & wið þæne wiðerwearðan engel Satan þæne derigendan & þæne lærendan ælces yfeles. a1450 (c1400–25) H. Legat Serm. Passion in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 18 (MED) Go ȝe..in-to euerlasting fyr of helle, þat is ordeynid to þe deuil & to al is angelus. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 68 Þere onswaret opunly the aungell of helle. 1737 D. Bellamy Christian Schoolmaster i. ii. 4 Those apostate Spirits, or Angels of the Devil, who are for ever artfully contriving how to tempt Mankind. 1844 Ladies' Repository May 158/2 They [sc. religious novels] carry religion into hell, so shaped and phased as to please the devil and his angels. 1902 Public Opinion 13 Mar. 341/1 With the disappearance from the minds of the cultivated of the belief in Satan and his angels, a great part of the narrative of the New Testament has been left hanging in the air. 2018 Times (Nexis) 1 Dec. (Mag.) Original Gustav Dore prints from Paradise Lost, which show Lucifer and the angels falling from heaven, line the hallway walls. < as lemmas |
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