cherubin

See also: Cherubin, cherubín, and chérubin

English

Noun

cherubin (plural cherubins or cherubin)

1. Obsolete form of cherub.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 71:

     Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd Cherubin.

   • c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 91, column 1:

     This fell whore of thine, / Hath in her more deſtruction then thy Sword, / For all her Cherubin looke.

   • 1611, Robert Abbot, “Of Images”, in The Second Part of the Defence of the Reformed Catholicke. […], London: Impensis Thomæ Adams, →OCLC, page 1164:

     For ſome colour of ſetting vp their idols in Churches to bee worſhiped, they full ſimply alledge the Cherubins that were ſet vp in the temple which Solomon built, which M. [William] Bishop ſaith were the images of Angels, and that they did repreſent the Angels wee will not deny, but of what ſhape they were, no man ſaith Joſephus, can cõiecture or affirme any thing.

   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “To Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     O Daughter of the Roſe, [...] / Whoſe Face is Paradiſe, but fenc'd from Sin: / For God in either Eye has plac'd a Cherubin.

Noun

cherubin

1. Obsolete form of cherubim (plural of cherub).

References

• “cherubin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• bruchine, bunchier

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰɛˈruː.biːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [keˈruː.bin]

Noun

cherūbīn

1. plural of cherūb

Old English

Noun

cherubin

1. alternative form of cerubim

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cherūbīm, from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm, “cherubim, cherubs”).

Noun

cherubin oblique singular, m (oblique plural cherubins, nominative singular cherubins, nominative plural cherubin)

1. cherub

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cherūbīm, from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm, “cherubim, cherubs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɾuˈbin/

Noun

cherubin m (plural cherubines or cherubins)

1. cherub
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49v:

     aduxieron los ſacerdotes el archa del teſtament del criador emetieron la en ſc̃a ſc̃o ſolas alas delos cherubines

     [Aduxieron los sacerdotes el archa del testament del Criador e metieron-la en Sancta Sanctorum, so las alas de los cherubines.]

     the priests led the Ark of the Testimony of the Creator and placed it in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 54r.:

     aſennor dios de los fonſſados de iſrꝉ q̃ eſtas ſobre los cherubines tu eres dios aſolas e todos los regnos de la tierra en tu mano

     [A Sennor Dios de los fonsados de Israel, que estás sobre los cherubines, Tú eres Dios a solas, e todos los regnos de la tierra en tu mano.]

     Oh, Lord God of the hosts of Israel, that art above the cherubim, Thou alone art God and all the kingdoms of Earth are in Thy hand

Related terms

• seraphin (“seraph”)

Descendants

• Spanish: querubín

Polish

Alternative forms

• cherub

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛˈru.bin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ubin
• Syllabification: che‧ru‧bin

Noun

cherubin m pers (diminutive cherubinek)

1. cherub (high-ranking angel)

Declension

Declension of cherubin

	singular	plural
nominative	cherubin	cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny
genitive	cherubina	cherubinów
dative	cherubinowi	cherubinom
accusative	cherubina	cherubinów/cherubiny
instrumental	cherubinem	cherubinami
locative	cherubinie	cherubinach
vocative	cherubinie	cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny

Noun

cherubin m animal

1. (figuratively, literary) cherub (person seen as being particularly angelic or innocent)

   Synonym: efeb

Declension

Declension of cherubin

	singular	plural
nominative	cherubin	cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny
genitive	cherubina	cherubinów
dative	cherubinowi	cherubinom
accusative	cherubina	cherubinów/cherubiny
instrumental	cherubinem	cherubinami
locative	cherubinie	cherubinach
vocative	cherubinie	cherubini/cherubinowie/cherubiny

Derived terms

adjective

• cherubinowy

Related terms

adjectives

• cherubinkowaty
• cherubinkowy
• cherubowy

Further reading

• cherubin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cherubin in Polish dictionaries at PWN