Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SER'APH
SE'RAISE-RAPH'IC, or SE-RAPH'IC-AL
SER'APH, n. [plur. Seraphs; but sometimes the Hebrew plural, seraphim, is used, from Heb. שרף, to burn.]
An angel of the highest order. As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, / As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. – Pope.
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