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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəb/
Pronunciation (ENPR): chĕrʹəb

Definition 1:
• A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
Labels: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Definition 2:
• A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.

Definition 3:
• In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: amoretto, cupid, putto

Definition 4:
• A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: angel, innocent
Labels: figuratively

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cherub