Definition of: cherub

(cher′əb) noun plural cher·ubs for defs.
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2, cher·u·bim (cher′ə·bim, -yə·bim) for defs.
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1. In art, the representation of a beautiful winged child, or the winged head of a child, the accepted type of the angelic cherub.
2. Hence, a beautiful child or infant.
3. One of an order of angelic beings ranking second to the seraphim in the celestial hierarchy.
4. In Scripture, an angelic being, especially as represented on the ark of the covenant, typifying the presence and power of the Deity. See Ps. xviii 10; Ezek. x; Heb. ix 5. [<LL <Hebrew kerūbh, an angelic being]
—che·ru·bic (chə·r′bik) or ·bi·cal adjective
—che·ru′bi·cal·ly adverb