Seraph \Ser"aph\, n.; pl. E. Seraphs, Heb. Seraphim. [Heb.
ser[=a]phim, pl.]
One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs
of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is
represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2.
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the
rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope.
Seraph moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind
wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |