archangel

He encounters criminals, a spell-casting witch and his opponent from the heavenly spheres, an archangel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

In an Instagram video the day before, she had worn a red and silver pendant of the archangel Michael, his wings spread out in triumph, a shield in one hand and a sword in another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

Such a move isn't entirely unprecedented, after all; wasn't it thrilling to see Tilda Swinton swooped in at the end of 2005's "Constantine" as the archangel Gabriel?

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2022

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, named for an archangel and a revered Jewish scholar, gave his first sermon when he was 11.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2021

For the next half-century, the concerto reigned supreme, and its godfather, or archangel perhaps, was composer-violinist Arcangelo Corelli.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

By the late 17th century, paintings of musket-wielding archangels were popular in the borderlands of modern Bolivia and Peru.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

He meditated and prayed to archangels as an attempt to pull himself back together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praising thee, and saying,

From BBC ● May 5, 2023

With a fanciful, skillfully written score, the piece presents a beguiling present-day story of a group of hapless archangels having trouble recruiting a young woman to bear God in human form.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

And while the archangels are preparing the courtroom and the blessed tune their harps and certain others lie hunching under their fires, the ladies will be dashing hysterically in and out of fitting rooms.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck