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cherubim
/ˈtʃɛ.ɹ(j)u.bɪm/
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What does cherubim mean?
noun
- plural of cherub
- A cherub.
- Alternative form of Cherrybum.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʃɛ.ɹ(j)u.bɪm/
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The soul then proceeds until she arrives at the gate of Paradise guarded by the cherubim and the flaming sword.
But I doubt not, that leathern tally, meant for man, was taken off in Heaven, when the white fowl flew to join the wing-folding, the invoking, and adoring cherubim!
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As he lay in bed, face upward, and so covered, with that exception, that he seemed to be nothing but a face--like a conventional cherubim--he looked the queerest object I ever beheld.
Therein the cherubim spread out their wings, that the intellect of the students may ascend and look from pole to pole, from the east and west, from the north and from the south.
Every bishop who possesses the least influence has about him his patrol of cherubim from the seminary, which goes the round, and maintains good order in the episcopal palace, and mounts guard over monseigneur’s smile.