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archangel , chief angel . They are four to seven in number. Sometimes specific functions are ascribed to them. The four best known in Christian tradition are Michael , Gabriel , Raphael , and Uriel . In early Jewish literature archangels are called "angels of the presence."

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archangel (Gk., ‘chief angel’). In Christian tradition Michael and Gabriel are reckoned among the archangels.

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archangel From the Greek, meaning a chief angel; seven are named in 1 Enoch 20, cf. Tobit 12: 15. In the two centuries BCE and the first CE the Jewish doctrine of angels was developed by some (e.g. in the community of Qumran) into a hierarchy of angels which included a rank of archangels (Test. of Levi 3: 5). Paul mentions the archangel's voice (1 Thess. 4: 16) and Michael the Archangel appears in Jude 9.

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