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beatific
/ ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk /
adjective
- displaying great happiness, calmness, etc
a beatific smile
- of, conferring, or relating to a state of celestial happiness
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Derived Forms
- ˌbeaˈtifically, adverb
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Other Words From
- bea·tifi·cal·ly adverb
- nonbe·a·tific adjective
- nonbe·a·tifi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beatific1
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Example Sentences
Young was on the side of the hall, hugging bystanders, including Bob Vander Plaats, with a near beatific smile on his face.
Here, some reluctant participants at a family reunion are transformed in a beatific bunch by a ride in the Caravan.
Clearly bewildered by the proceedings, she had a beatific smile, delighted that everyone was making a fuss over her.
He caught a gleam of the Beatific Vision, or woke screaming from dreams of everlasting fire.
Under the old covenant one only saw the glory; now the beatific vision is open to all.
How absorbed with beatific devotion appears to be the worshipper at its consecrated altars!
Her excitement had in a measure kept her warm during the few minutes' adventure; but that beatific interval was over.
They are relieved of the load of thought; and their nature can lull itself in beatific nothings on the soft pillow of platitude.
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