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cherubim

/ˈtʃɛ.ɹ(j)u.bɪm/

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What does cherubim mean?

noun

  1. plural of cherub
  2. A cherub.
  3. 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.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
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!
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
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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.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
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.
Richard de BuryThe Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de BuryTranslated by Ernest Chester ThomasProject Gutenberg ebook #626
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.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135