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Archangel (Archangel'sk) City and major port on the North Dvina delta, nw Russia. Archangel was opened to European trade in c.1600 and prospered as Russia's only port until 1703. The monastery of Archangel Michael was built here (1685–99). The port received supplies from Allied convoys during World War II. In the winter, icebreakers keep the large harbour clear, but the port remains ice-free for about six months – a crucial factor for commerce in n European Russia. Timber and wood products are the main exports. Industries: building, paper. Pop. (1994) 407,000.

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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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archangel an angel of greater than ordinary rank; (in traditional Christian angelology) a being of the eighth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy. The name is recorded from Middle English, and comes via Anglo-Norman French and ecclesiastical Latin, from ecclesiastical Greek arkhangelos, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + angelos ‘messenger, angel’.

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Archangel (Arkhangel'sk), Arkhangel'sk/RussiaNovokholmogory, Arkhangelsky A province and a city which grew up round a monastery founded in the 12th century and dedicated to the Archangel Michael. The present city was founded in 1584 as Novokholmogory, New Kholmogory, after the original village of Kholmogory. It was renamed in 1613 after the monastery.

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arch·an·gel / ˈärkˌānjəl/ • n. an angel of high rank. ∎  in traditional Christian angelology, a being of the eighth order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy. DERIVATIVES: arch·an·gel·ic / ˌärkanˈjelik/ adj.

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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 (repl. OE. hēahenġel) XII. — OF. archangele — ecclL. archangelus — ecclGr. (LXX) arkhággelos; see ARCH-, ANGEL.

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T. F. HOAD. "archangel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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

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Archangel see Arkhangelsk , Russia.

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archangel •Tintagel • evangel • angel • archangel •brinjal • Nigel • cudgel

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