Associations to the word «Beatific»

Wiktionary

BEATIFIC, adjective. Blessed, blissful, heavenly
BEATIFIC, adjective. Having a benign appearance
BEATIFIC VISION, noun. (Christianity) (theology) The eternal and direct visual perception of God.

Dictionary definition

BEATIFIC, adjective. Experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; "beatific peace".
BEATIFIC, adjective. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope