The word seraph would better express their heavenly attributes. From Wordnik.com. [The Planter's Northern Bride] Reference
The word seraph means "celestial being" and seraphim represent the highest known rank of angels. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
He wears boots of red leather, and huge spurs with bell rowels; and he is never seen without the "seraph". From Wordnik.com. [The Rifle Rangers] Reference
The Future's child and Freedom's -- seraph bright!. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
And Mr. Norton is as good and radiant as a seraph!. From Wordnik.com. [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference
She's a seraph from Heaven, but folding her wings. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
Methought, a seraph spread her shelt'ring wings. From Wordnik.com. [Poems (1828)] Reference
Come long-lost blessing! heaven-lov'd seraph, haste. From Wordnik.com. [Poetic Sketches] Reference
With smiles and welcomes; this bright beaming seraph. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from _The Bride's Tragedy_] Reference
While Hope, like a seraph, still whispers above us. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
West -- like the thought of a seraph that is dreaming. From Wordnik.com. [Lundy's Lane and Other Poems] Reference
Uh, actually it isn't called "the seraph inn webcomic". From Wordnik.com. [The Seraph Inn Web Comic] Reference
Of the shining seraph band, as they take the heavenward way. From Wordnik.com. [Two Poets] Reference
Mrs. Shaw entered, no longer the seraph of twenty months ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
Then my little seraph sister, with her wings and waving hair. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
Is a girl, as seraph meek and pure -- as seraph heav'nly fair. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon] Reference
"I don't know his precise motives, my little seraph," replied William. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter] Reference
For Tommy has the face of a seraph with the heart of a hardy Norseman. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Valentine stood by, once again with a burning seraph blade in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [City of Glass] Reference
And a seraph voice breathes softly -- 'Answered yet shall be that prayer!. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
"While I lay in my bed, my lord, a seraph appeared, clothed all in light.". From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
He looked down at the seraph blade in his hand and then back at the angel. From Wordnik.com. [City of Glass] Reference
The seraph said stubbornly, "I would like to see the documents in the case.". From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories Vol 1]
For answer he winked gently, smiled like a dusky seraph, and held out his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
This seraph came with a most rapid flight to a spot in the air, near to where the. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi] Reference
Bihishtee is therefore an inhabitant of Paradise, a cherub, a seraph, an angel of mercy. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Each seraph daughter, too, enjoyed her share of his regards, and smiled upon him in return. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
And in their dense ignorance they blaspheme living fire, seraph-brought from a divine altar. '. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
People, personas, and the power they seek may have wings, and wants more fragile than a seraph. From Wordnik.com. [The Unstoppables; Bill and Hill] Reference
Valentine was pacing restlessly around the circle of runes, a seraph blade shining in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [City of Glass] Reference
A woman will endure martyrdom with the expression of a seraph, -- an extremely aggravating seraph. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
From late-born seraph, through cherubs and angels, to the highest archangel, they must be watching. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories Vol 1]
But the seraph nestled into the hollow of Shann's two palms and looked up at him with all the old liquid trust. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
At the time of actual prayer, she appeared like a seraph of love, her very aspect sufficing to excite devotion in the coldest heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation] Reference
"American citizens of African descent" listening to him from afar, and looking upon him as if they believed him to be the seraph Abdiel. From Wordnik.com. [Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis] Reference
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