<h1>Angelica</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An*gel"i*ca</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Angelic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An aromatic umbelliferous plant (<spn>Archangelica officinalis</spn> or <spn>Angelica archangelica</spn>) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The candied leaf stalks of angelica.</def>
<cs><col>Angelica tree</col>, <cd>a thorny North American shrub <spn>(Aralia spinosa)</spn>, called also <altname>Hercules' club</altname>.</cd></cs>
<h1>Angelically</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An*gel"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Like an angel.</def>
<h1>Angelicalness</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An*gel"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.</def>
<h1>Angelify</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An*gel"i*fy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make like an angel; to angelize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Farindon (1647).</i>
<h1>Angelize</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An"gel*ize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.</def>
<blockquote>It ought not to be our object to <b>angelize</b>, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. <i>W. Taylor.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Angellike</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An"gel*like`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>Resembling an angel.</def>
<h1>Angelolatry</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An`gel*ol"a*try</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ angel + <?/ service, worship.]</ety> <def>Worship paid to angels.</def>
<h1>Angelology</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An`gel*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>angelus</ets>, Gr. <?/ + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.</def>
<blockquote>The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same <b>angelology</b>, demonology. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Angelophany</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An`gel*oph"a*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ angel + <?/ to appear.]</ety> <def>The actual appearance of an angel to man.</def>
<h1>Angelot</h1> <Xpage=56>
<hw>An"ge*lot</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>angelot</ets>, LL. <ets>angelotus</ets>, <ets>angellotus</ets>, dim. of <ets>angelus</ets>. See <er>Angel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused.</def>
<i>Johnson. R. Browning.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.</def>
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