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cherubs Meaning & Definition

What Does Cherubs Mean?

Cherubs is used as a noun meaning plural of cherub. It can also mean A multiservice tactical brevity code for communicating the altitude of friendly aircraft.

Cherubs Definition (Noun)

  1. plural of cherub
  2. A multiservice tactical brevity code for communicating the altitude of friendly aircraft.

Noun

  1. A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
  2. An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
  3. A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

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Origin of Cherubs

Hebrew כרוב (“cherub”) + English -s plural suffix

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