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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats