beatificadj.
/biːəˈtɪfɪk/ a. Making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adjective] > giving or accompanied by supreme happiness
blessed1458
beatifical1610
bliss-making1610
beatific1649
beatizing1652
beatifying1701
bliss-giving1876
1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 47 Such a beatific Face.
1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 169 Where the Lamb that was slain, manifests his beatific presence.
1880 L. Morris Ode of Life 120 A beatific peace greater than tongue can tell.
b. beatific vision n. a sight of the glories of heaven; esp. that first granted to a disembodied spirit.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > vision > [noun]
visionc1290
bethphanya1634
theophanya1634
beatific vision1702
Christophany1843
theophanism1849
1702 in Rous's Academia Cœlestis Advt. sig. A4 The Beatifick Vision of the Supream Good hereafter.
1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts i. xvii. 184 Martyrs..upon their Death..were immediately admitted to the Beatifick Vision.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xi. 30 A soul which..angels had already borne to the beatific vision.
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