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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cherub \Cher"ub\, n.; pl {Cherubs}; but the Hebrew plural
{Cherubim}is also used [Heb. ker[=u]b.]
1. A mysterious composite being the winged footstool and
chariot of the Almighty, described in --Ezekiel i. and x.
I knew that they were the cherubim. --Ezek. x. 20.
He rode upon a cherub and did fly. --Ps. xviii.
10.
2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in
connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and
Temple. --Ez. xxv. 18.
3. One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In
European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to
denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see
{Seraph}), and in later art the children's heads with
wings are generally called cherubs.
4. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have
represented cherubs as beautiful children.
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