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raphael
/ˌɹɑ.faɪˈɛl/
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What does raphael mean?
proper noun
- An archangel in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, an Italian Renaissance painter (1483–1520).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɹɑ.faɪˈɛl/
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/ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl//ˈɹæf.i.əl//ˈɹɑ.fi.əl/
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The decorations on the walls and ceiling were skilfully copied from the exquisitely graceful designs of Raphael in the Vatican.
Thereupon God changed Labbiel's name to Raphael, the Rescuer, because his host of angels had been rescued by his sage advice.
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The crowd who had once hailed him as the greatest of all artists, could now only talk of Michelangelo and the young Raphael.
Andrea sees in Raphael, whose technique was inferior to his own, his superior, as he reached above and through his art-- for it gives way.
Her eyes were fixed, but her thoughts were wandering, and an image more vivid than any that Raphael or Titian had drawn had superposed itself upon the canvas.