Crossword clues for cherubs
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cherub \Cher"ub\, n.; pl. Cherubs; but the Hebrew plural Cherubimis also used. [Heb. ker[=u]b.]
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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. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple.
--Ez. xxv. 18.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.
A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of cherub English)
Wikipedia
Not to be confused with the American noise rock group of the same name. Cherubs were a five-piece band from the United Kingdom and Norway. The band comprised Staale Krantz Bruland, Espen Dahl, Matthew Orchard, Jørgen Raa and Glenn Wange. The band formed in 2003, and disbanded in September 2007.
CHERUBS (also known as CHERUBS – The Association of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Research, Awareness and Support) is a Non-Profit Organization headquartered in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It was founded in February, 1995 to support families of children born with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), a severe and often lethal birth defect. Dawn M. Torrence Williamson is the founder and current President.
The mission of CHERUBS is to raise public awareness of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, encourage research to find the cause and prevention of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, and support all families affected by Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. To support this mission, CHERUBS maintains a research library and compiles data from research surveys.
Cherubs are a noise rock band from Austin, Texas that formed in 1992. Their line up consisted of guitarist Kevin Whitley, bassist Owen McMahon, and drummer Brent Prager. During their initial run, they released two albums and an outtake compilation, all of which were released through Trance Syndicate. They broke up in 1994, shortly before the release of their second album Heroin Man. They reunited in 2014 and a third full-length, titled 2 YNFYNYTY, was released on March 3, 2015 through Brutal Panda Records.
Usage examples of "cherubs".
In the middle of the snowy white damask cloth stood a centrepiece of gilded silver, consisting of two cherubs holding up a great dish on which reclined a pair of lovers in classical dress.
The other was thrust into a nanomanipulator, and it was made obvious, through glorious overuse of radiant tromp l'oeil, that the atom-humping cherubs were all dancing to his tune, naiads to the Engineer's Neptune.
She ran down the helical gauntlet of plaster cherubs, muses, and Trojans, across the lobby where a couple of bleary-eyed apprentice ractors were cleaning up the debris from this evening's live performance, and out the front doors.
The beauty, the power, the persuasive sense of motion in the figure of the Madonna, which seemed divinely upborne,--the loveliness of the infant cherubs, the group of the Apostles solemnly attesting the mysterious event,--were singularly and inimitably impressive, full of aspiration and faith, compelling the serious recognition of the sacredness and greatness of the Christian mystery.
So far he'd seen or heard no other intelligent beings save his two cherubs, although oc- 96 THE RIVER OF DANCING GODS casionally in the distance, either from the river or from across the plains, he could hear the sounds of humans calling or yelling or doing something or other.
The cherubs were merely a small nuisance, but they'd already shown how impotent he was against such as they.