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Archangel

ARCHAN'GEL, noun

1. An angel of the highest order; an angel occupying the eighth rank in the celestiai hierarchy.

2. The name of several plants, as the dead-nettle, or lamium; a species of melittis; and the galeopsis or hedge-nettle.

First Occurrence in the Bible(KJV): 1 Thessalonians 4:16