angelical

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It has also been argued that the name was chosen as a pun on angelical, emphasizing the cats characters’ mystical qualities.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2019

"Stefanie’s beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed," he continued.

From Fox News • Apr. 25, 2019

Some such angelical association attached to golden heads has possibly disposed the Sicilian folk-poet towards thinking too little of the national black eyes and 140 olive-carnation colouring.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

‘Tastes not well joined, inelegant,’ as our Paradisian bard directs Eve, when dressing a sallet for her angelical guest, in Milton’s Paradise Lost.”

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

One fine morning Adam found that his erstwhile angelical wife had deserted him and run away with Lucifer, whom she had formerly known in heaven.

From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various