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Definition of Seraphic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to an angel of the first order. "He imagined a seraphic presence in the room"
2. Adjective. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. "A sweet disposition"
Similar to: Lovable, Loveable
Derivative terms: Angel, Angel, Seraph, Sweetness
Definition of Seraphic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined.
Definition of Seraphic
1. Adjective. of or relating to a seraph or the seraphim ¹
2. Adjective. pure and sublime ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seraphic
1. seraph [adj] - See also: seraph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seraphic
Literary usage of Seraphic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"LIGHT OF LIFE, seraphic FIRE C;HT of life, seraphic fire, Love divine, thyself
impart: Every fainting soul inspire. Shine in every drooping heart; ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"They cunningly the most unsatisfactory thing both in life assert in their poems
all kinds of seraphic and in all art. Another peculiarity dis- allusions in ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... than her loving fidelity to Clare's ideals and her undying loyalty in upholding
the latter in her lifelong and arduous struggle for seraphic Poverty. ..."
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