Seraph \Ser"aph\, n.; pl. E. {Seraphs}, Heb. {Seraphim}. [Heb. ser[=a]phim, pl.] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2.
As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope.
{Seraph moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus {Lobophora}, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.
Seraphim \Ser"a*phim\, n. The Hebrew plural of {Seraph}. Cf. {Cherubim}.
Note: The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the King James version of the Bible, --Isa. vi. 2 and 6.