cherubin
English
editNoun
editcherubin (plural cherubins or cherubin)
- Obsolete form of cherub.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 71:
- Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd Cherubin.
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 91, column 1:
- This fell whore of thine, / Hath in her more deſtruction then thy Sword, / For all her Cherubin looke.
- 1611, Robert Abbot, “Of Images”, in The Second Part of the Defence of the Reformed Catholicke. […], London: Impensis Thomæ Adams, →OCLC, page 1164:
- For ſome colour of ſetting vp their idols in Churches to bee worſhiped, they full ſimply alledge the Cherubins that were ſet vp in the temple which Solomon built, which M. [William] Bishop ſaith were the images of Angels, and that they did repreſent the Angels wee will not deny, but of what ſhape they were, no man ſaith Joſephus, can cõiecture or affirme any thing.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “To Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- O Daughter of the Roſe, [...] / Whoſe Face is Paradiſe, but fenc'd from Sin: / For God in either Eye has plac'd a Cherubin.
Noun
editcherubin
References
edit- “cherubin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʰeˈruː.biːn/, [kʰɛˈruːbiːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /keˈru.bin/, [keˈruːbin]
Noun
editcherūbīn
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cherūbīm, from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm, “cherubim, cherubs”).
Noun
editcherubin oblique singular, m (oblique plural cherubins, nominative singular cherubins, nominative plural cherubin)
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin cherūbīm, from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm, “cherubim, cherubs”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcherubin m (plural cherubines or cherubins)
- cherub
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49v:
- aduxieron los ſacerdotes el archa del teſtament del criador emetieron la en ſc̃a ſc̃o ſolas alas delos cherubines
- the priests led the Ark of the Testimony of the Creator and placed it in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim
- Idem, f. 54r.
- aſennor dios de los fonſſados de iſrꝉ q̃ eſtas ſobre los cherubines tu eres dios aſolas e todos los regnos de la tierra en tu mano
- Oh, Lord God of the hosts of Israel, that art above the cherubim, Thou alone art God and all the kingdoms of Earth are in thy hand
Related terms
edit- seraphin (“seraph”)
Descendants
edit- Spanish: querubín
Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Late Latin cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcherubin m pers (diminutive cherubinek)
- cherub (high-ranking angel)
Declension
editDeclension of cherubin
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cherubin | cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny |
genitive | cherubina | cherubinów |
dative | cherubinowi | cherubinom |
accusative | cherubina | cherubinów/cherubiny |
instrumental | cherubinem | cherubinami |
locative | cherubinie | cherubinach |
vocative | cherubinie | cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny |
Noun
editcherubin m animal
- (figuratively, literary) cherub (person seen as being particularly angelic or innocent)
- Synonym: efeb
Declension
editDeclension of cherubin
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | cherubin | cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny |
genitive | cherubina | cherubinów |
dative | cherubinowi | cherubinom |
accusative | cherubina | cherubinów/cherubiny |
instrumental | cherubinem | cherubinami |
locative | cherubinie | cherubinach |
vocative | cherubinie | cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny |
Derived terms
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