archseraph

archseraph

English

Etymology

From arch- +‎ seraph.

Noun

archseraph (plural archseraphs or archseraphim or (nonstandard) archseraphims)

  1. (biblical, fantasy fiction) An eminent seraph that is above all other angels and superior to many or all other seraphs.
    • 1950, G. I. Gurdjieff, All and Everything‎[1], Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, page 1121:
      In order that this should become comprehensible to you, I must tell you that among those exiled with me, at the very beginning of our exile there, was the chief ‘Zirlikner’ of our planet Karatas, the then still young but already very learned Pooloodjistius, who after the all-gracious pardon, became worthy to be and still is an assistant to the Great Observer of the movements of all the concentrations of the Megalocosmos—His Self-Keepness the Archseraph Ksheltama.
    • 1991, Herbert Lockyer, All the Teachings of Jesus‎[2], Hendrickson Publishers, →ISBN, page 8:
      The highest of all created beings or intelligences owed his existence to Jesus, cocreator of the angelic hosts (John 1:3). This archseraph, with great dignity of person and position, was one of the created angels, formed by the same omnipotent hand and glorious power who created the heavens and the earth and all that is therein.
    • 2009, Faith Hunter, Host: A Rogue Mage Novel‎[3], Roc, →ISBN, page 102:
      I remembered a comment made to me by an investigator for the Administration of the ArchSeraph when I was under arrest for a short time as an unlicensed mage.
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