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Abʹdiel

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The faithful seraph who withstood Satan when he urged the angels to revolt. (See Paradise Lost, Bk. v., lines 896, etc.)

“[He] adheres, with the faith of Abdiel, to the ancient form of adoration.”—Sir W. Scott.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Abdael
Abdallah
Abdallah
Abdals
Abdera
Abderitan
Abderitan Laughter
Abderite
Abderus
Abdiel
Abecedarian
Abel and Cain
Abel Keene
Abelites
Abessa
Abesta
Abeyance
Abhigit
Abhor
Abiala

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