Arch·an·gel (ärk??n?j?l) See Arkhangelsk.arch·an·gel (ärk??n?j?l)n.1. A high-ranking angel.2. archangels The eighth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.[Middle English, from Old French archangele, from Late Latin archangelus, from Late Greek arkhangelos : Greek arkh-, archi- + Greek angelos, angel.]arch?an·gel?ic (-?n-j?l??k) adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.archangel (???k?e?nd??l) n1. (Theology) a principal angel, a member of the order ranking immediately above the angels in medieval angelology2. (Plants) another name for angelica13. (Plants) yellow archangel a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)4. (Breeds) a bronze-coloured breed of domestic pigeon with black markings archangelic adjArchangel (???k?e?nd??l) n (Placename) a port in NW Russia, on the Dvina River: major centre for the timber trade and White Sea fisheries. Pop: 345 000 (2005 est). Russian name: Arkhangelsk Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014arch?an?gel (??rk?e?n d??l) n. a chief or principal angel; one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def. 1). [before 1000; early Middle English