archangel

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The blockade in downtown Kyiv on Monday appeared to center on landmark St. Michael’s monastery, dedicated to the archangel Michael.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2023

The images were a well-known 14th-century painting of Muhammad and the archangel Gabriel by Persian scholar Rashid al-Din, and a 16th-century Ottoman Turkish illustration by Mustafa ibn Vali.

From Washington Times • Jan. 9, 2023

Such a move isn't entirely unprecedented, after all; wasn't it thrilling to see Tilda Swinton swooped in at the end of 2005's "Constantine" as the archangel Gabriel?

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2022

Beatific and terrifying as an archangel, Collin is giving one of the best performances on television right now; she’s TV’s greatest radical mom since Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings on “The Americans.”

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

For the next half-century, the concerto reigned supreme, and its godfather, or archangel perhaps, was composer-violinist Arcangelo Corelli.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall