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But there’s a twist: In the climax, it’s revealed that John Triton (Jon Mikl Thor), the band’s lone surviving member, is actually a demon-battling archangel who is ready to take on no less a foe than Beelzebub himself.—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025 The archangel of trendy-casual walkaroundfits (new word, please spread around) just stepped out in hip-hugging bootcut jeans, a loose and intentionally tattered white T-shirt, a gold pendant necklace, and dark sunglasses, an easy all-American look for a morning on the go.—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2025 My archangel of alternates (me, also an alternate).—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Stained glass images of archangels, known as protectors of humanity and messengers from God, loomed overhead in the apse.—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for archangel
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French archangle, from Late Latin archangelus, from Greek archangelos, from archi- + angelos angel
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