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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. experiencing or bestowing celestial joy;
- Example: "beatific peace"

2. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint;
- Example: "angelic beneficence"
- Example: "a beatific smile"
- Example: "a saintly concern for his fellow men"
- Example: "my sainted mother"
[syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beatific \Be`a*tif"ic\, Beatifical \Be`a*tif"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
   b['e]atifique, L. beatificus. See Beatify.]
   Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment;
   blissful. "The beatific vision." --South. --
   Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.
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