Angel

noun 1. spiritual being attendant upon God

noun 2. person of exceptional holiness

noun 3. invests in a theatrical production

noun 4. the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally

An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.; One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.

Etymology: Two Baroque angels from southern Germany, from the mid-18th century From Middle English angel, aungel, ængel, engel, from Old English anġel, ænġel, enġel, enċġel (“angel, messenger”), from Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”); and also in part from Anglo-Norman angele, angle, from the same Latin source. The religious sense of the Greek word first appeared in the Septuagint as a translation of the Hebrew word מַלְאָךְ (malʾāḵ, “messenger”) or יהוה מַלְאָךְ (malʾāḵ YHWH, “messenger of YHWH”). Doublet of Angelus. Use of the term in some churches to refer to a church official derives from interpreting the "angels" of the Seven churches of Asia in Revelation as being bishops or ministers rather than angelic beings.

singular imperative of angeln

sting, dart (insect's organ); hook, fish-hook, angle

Etymology: From Middle Dutch angel, from Old Dutch *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz. Cognate with German Angel.

a pike hook