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Raphael

[ raf-ee-uhl, rey-fee-, rah-fahy-el ]

noun

  1. Raffaello Santi or Sanzio, 1483–1520, Italian painter.
  2. one of the archangels.
  3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “healing of the Lord.”


Raphael

/ ˈæڱɪə /

noun

  1. Bible one of the archangels; the angel of healing and the guardian of Tobias (Tobit 3:17; 5–12). Feast day: Sept 29
  2. SantiRaphael14831520MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARCHITECTURE: architect original name Raffaello Santi or Sanzio . 1483–1520, Italian painter and architect, regarded as one of the greatest artists of the High Renaissance. His many paintings include the Sistine Madonna (?1513) and the Transfiguration (unfinished, 1520)
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Raphael

  1. A sixteenth-century Italian painter. A contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo , he is known for his beautiful and gracious Madonnas and The School of Athens ( see Plato's Academy ).
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ鲹󲹱ˈܱ, adjective
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It named another woman, Raphael's British wife, as the little girl's mother.

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The Jerusalem Post also quoted Israel's former ambassador to the Vatican, Raphael Schutz, describing the decision to delete the published statement as a mistake.

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He co-wrote original songs with Brittany Howard, onetime lead singer of the Alabama Shakes, and Raphael Saadiq, the R&B maestro from Oakland, which became key moments in the plot.

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The soundtrack of Evelyn “Champagne” King and Public Image Ltd. and modern punk acts reworking the classics is fantastic, as is the proper score by Raphael Saadiq of Tony!

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A half-hour away in Palm Desert, Swiss artist Raphael Hefti, 46, has stretched an impossibly long strip of reinforced fire-hose material, jet black on one side and mirror-bright silver on the other.

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