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Raphael
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(Raph|ael)
Pronunciation:
/ˈrafeɪəl/
(in the Bible) one of the seven archangels in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. He is said to have ‘healed’ the earth when it was defiled by the sins of the fallen angels.
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