an angel of greater than ordinary rank 天使长 ■(in traditional Christian angelology) a being of the eighth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy (传统基督教天使学中九级制等级中的)第八级天使
(亦作 yellow archangel)a yellow-flowered Eurasian dead-nettle found in woodland 圆当归
Middle English , from Anglo-Norman French archangele, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek arkhangelos, from arkhi- 'chief' + angelos 'messenger, angel'