AbdielAb′diel
The faithful seraph who withstood Satan when he urged the
angels to revolt. (See Paradise Lost, Bk.
v., lines 896, etc.)
“[He] adheres, with the faith of Abdiel, to the ancient form of adoration.”
—Sir
W. Scott.
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