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The name is 'Archangel' rather than 'ark' angel. The word 'angel' comes from the Greek 'angelos' meaning 'messenger'. Biblically then, an angel is a spiritual being (rather than a flesh-and blood being) and a messenger from God. An archangel is a 'chief' angel. In the same way as an archbishop (in this case the 'arch' is pronounced like an arch of a bridge) is a chief bishop, an archangel (in this case it is pronounced like 'ark') is a chief angel. In The Bible there are two archangels mentioned - Gabriel and Michael. However in other writings (like the Apocrypha) other archangels are mentioned as well, such as Uriel and Raphael, plus many others.

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