Brewer's: Seraphim

An order of angels distinguished for fervent zeal and religious ardour. The word means “to burn.” (See Isaiah vi. 2.)

Thousand celestial ardours [seraphs] where he stood Veiled with his gorgeous wings, up springing light, Flew through the midst of heaven.

Milton: Paradise Lost, v. 249.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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