Archangel (41) a chief angel; angel of high rank.
Hierarchies (191) the leaders or chiefs of religious groups; high priests. Milton uses the term to represent all the angels who make up the Heavenly Host.
sapience (195) knowledge, wisdom.
omnific (217) creating all things.
firmament (261) the sky, viewed poetically as a solid arch or vault.
tumid (288) swollen; bulging.
jocund (372) cheerful; genial.
ounce (466) lynx or panther.
behemoth (467) a large beast mentioned in the Bible; in Milton's time the term probably referred to the elephant.
hyaline (619) transparent as glass; glassy.
