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guardian an·gel

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. guardian spirit, guardian angelnoun

    an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual

Wiktionary

  1. guardian angelnoun

    A spirit believed to protect and to guide a particular person.

  2. Etymology: guardian + angel

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  1. Guardian angel

    A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in Ancient Judaism. In Christianity, the hierarchy of angels was extensively developed in the 5th century by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. The theology of angels and tutelary spirits has undergone many changes since the 5th century. The belief is that guardian angels serve to protect whichever person God assigns them to. The idea of a guardian angel is central to the 15th-century book The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage by Abraham of Worms, a German Cabalist. In 1897, this book was translated into English by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918), a co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, who styled the guardian angel as the Holy Guardian Angel. Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), the founder of the esoteric religion Thelema, considered the Holy Guardian Angel to be representative of one's truest divine nature and the equivalent of the "Genius" of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Augoeides of Iamblichus, the Atman of Hinduism, and the Daimon of the ancient Greeks. Following the teachings of the Golden Dawn, Crowley refined their rituals which were intended to facilitate the ability to establish contact with one's guardian angel.

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  1. guardian angel

    A guardian angel is a celestial or spiritual being believed in many faiths and cultures to be assigned to protect, guide, and watch over a particular individual, often from the time of their birth. This can include protecting them from harm, guiding them in making correct decisions, and helping them spiritually. The concept has its roots in various religious traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and others.

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  1. Guardian angel

    A guardian angel is an angel assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group. Belief in guardian angels can be traced throughout all antiquity. The concept of tutelary angels and their hierarchy was extensively developed in Christianity in the 5th century by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. The theology of angels and tutelary spirits has undergone many refinements since the 400s. Belief in both the East and the West is that guardian angels serve to protect whichever person God assigns them to, and present prayer to God on that person's behalf.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of guardian angel in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of guardian angel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of guardian angel in a Sentence

  1. Sonia Murdock:

    I always say he was our family's first guardian angel.

  2. Jef Versele:

    A lot of people were on the floor. They were injured, i think I was lucky, I was very lucky. I think I have a guardian angel somewhere.

  3. Erik Pevernagie:

    The past becomes our second personality. It is our intrinsic safety code, irrespective of a potential love-hate relationship. It may become our guardian angel and protect us from a bleak blind alley, since it knows that “we” know and we know the colors of its cards. Experience is a tough master and knows the tricks of the trade. It teaches us how to play. ( " Not without the past" )

  4. Steve Melanson:

    I do believe God put everybody in the right place at the right time to save her life, and Don was her guardian angel.

  5. Allen Clemmons:

    It was getting really hard to breathe. He is truly my guardian angel.


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