n.;
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns,
As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seraph moth (Zool.),
n. The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the King James version of the Bible, Isa. vi. 2 and 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. ] A seraphine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Seraph. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]