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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
seraphic
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By their fruits we shall know the peacemakers, not by the seraphic look on their faces.
▪ She has a seraphic look on her face.
▪ The butis accepted this new Inevitable with seraphic smiles.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seraphic

Seraphic \Se*raph"ic\, Seraphical \Se*raph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]raphique.] Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. ``Seraphic arms and trophies.''
--Milton. ``Seraphical fervor.''
--Jer. Taylor. -- Se*raph"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Se*raph"ic*al*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
seraphic

1630s, from Church Latin seraphicus, from seraphim (see seraph). Related: Seraphical (1560s).

Wiktionary
seraphic

a. 1 of or relating to a seraph or the seraphim 2 pure and sublime

WordNet
seraphic

  1. adj. of or relating to an angel of the first order; "he imagined a seraphic presence in the room" [syn: seraphical]

  2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic, angelical, cherubic, sweet]

Usage examples of "seraphic".

One was of a seraphic disposition, although embedded in the essence of a dybbuk, which made him very unhappy, whereas the other was of the darkest diabolical nature, and enjoyed every evil fantasy inspired in him by the God of the Depths.