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Meanings of hierarchy of angels in English

Russian
христианская ангельская иерархия
Spanish
jerarquía celeste

The belief that angels are ordered according to rank.

христианская ангельская иерархия
Synonyms
Examples for "christian angelic hierarchy"
Examples for "christian angelic hierarchy"
1
The Angelic Hierarchy consisted of nine orders, corresponding to the nine moving heavens.
The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell
2
Here he had a glimpse of the divine essence, in likeness of a point of inconceivably sharp brightness enringed with the angelic hierarchies.
Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volum...
Usage of hierarchy of angels in English
1
In Yetzirah, the universal organization of Briah becomes specific, and a hierarchy of angels with individual duties is established.
Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot
2
This story is related by the author in his Hierarchy of Angels.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
3
Do you wish to become acquainted with the hierarchy of Angels, the virtue of Numbers, the explanation of germs and metamorphoses?
The Temptation of St. Antony; Or, A Revelation of the Soul
4
"Throni, dominationes, principatus, virtutes, potestates," is said to be a line borrowed by Milton from the title-page of Heywood's Hierarchy of Angels.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 / ...