All 5 Uses of
archangel
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- All my speculations and hopes are as nothing, and like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.
p. 214.5 *archangel = angel of high rank
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.
p. 17.9archangel = city name
- Your affectionate brother, R. Walton Letter 2 To Mrs. Saville, England Archangel, 28th March, 17— How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow!
p. 19.0
- Well, these are useless complaints; I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean, nor even here in Archangel, among merchants and seamen.
p. 20.3 *
- This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archangel; more fortunate than I, who may not see my native land, perhaps, for many years.
p. 23.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(archangel) an angel of high rank
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, archangel can refer to an herb, a last name, or a city in Russia.