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Definition of: archangel
(ärk′ān′jəl) noun
1. An angel of highest rank; in Christian legend one of seven, in the Koran one of four, chief angels.
2. The garden angelica.
—the Archangel In Christian legend, usually Michael. [<L archangelus <Gk. archangelos <arch- chief + angelos angel]
—arch·an·gel·ic (ärk′an·jel′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
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