angel (the sense of ‘ministering spirit, divine messenger’ is freq.; “angels of light” Err. IV. iii. 55)
1.
genius, demon Mac. V. vii. 43 [viii. 14] “the angel whom thou . . . hast
serv'”
2.
(a) good genius; (b)
darling Cæs. III. ii.
186*
“Brutus . . . was Cæsar's angel.”
3.
gold coin having as
its device the archangel Michael, value from 6“
” 8“
” to 10“
” according to the period John II. i. 590; often
used punningly Wiv. I. iii.
62, 2H4 I. ii. 189; hence
“ancient angel,”
a fellow of th'old, sound, honest, and worthie
stampe' (Cotgr. s. v. ‘Angelot’) Shr. IV. ii. 61.
