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

The blockade in downtown Kyiv on Monday appeared to center on landmark St. Michael’s monastery, dedicated to the archangel Michael.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

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

Dressed in a coat tailored from lacquered gold feathers, she’s like a Renaissance archangel fearsome in her gilded glory.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

Five of the pictures showcased the prize-winning Maine coons she’d raised over the years, most way before I was born, all male and each named after an archangel.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The large scarlet wings on the ballet’s two leading women—Sara Mearns, often coupled with Stanley, and Isabella LaFreniere, mostly opposite Mr. Tomash—resemble those of archangels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

May Otis Blackburn was a 60-year-old clairvoyant when the archangels Michael and Gabriel appeared to her and her daughter Ruth, the “girl of many loves,” as the press delighted in calling her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2022

It was such a thrill to be one of the archangels, the avengers, the chosen few.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein