Meaning

• Noun

  1. An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
  2. One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
  3. A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.
  4. (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
  5. (obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
  6. An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
  7. (slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
  8. (colloquial) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
  9. someone that funds
  10. someone that funds

• Verb