beatific, a.
(biːəˈtɪfɪk)
Also 7–8 -ick.
[ad. L. beātific-us, f. beāt-us blessed (pa. pple. of beāre to bless) + -ficus making: see -fic. Cf. F. béatifique.]
Making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness.
| 1649 Lovelace Poems 47 Such a beatific Face. 1746 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: a sight of the glories of heaven; esp. that first granted to a disembodied spirit.
| 1639 Rouse Heav. Univ. Advt. (1702) 4 The Beatifick Vision of the Supream Good hereafter. 1704 Nelson Fest. & Fasts xxviii. (1739) 361 Martyrs..upon their Death..were immediately admitted to the Beatifick Vision. 1869 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) III. xi. 30 A soul which..angels had already borne to the beatific vision. |