seraphic
adj/səˈɹæf.ɪk/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin seraphicus, from Late Latin seraphīm, seraphīn, from Hebrew שָׂרָף (saráf, “seraph”). By surface analysis, seraph + -ic.
- derived from seraphīm
- borrowed from seraphicus
Definitions
Of or relating to a seraph or the seraphim.
- the Seraphic Doctor, title given to the Italian medieval theologian Bonaventure
- Ye Hoſts that to his Courts belong, / Cherubic Quires, Seraphic Flames, / Awake the everlaſting Song.
Pure and sublime
Pure and sublime; angelic.
- Their passion seems to have been of the seraphic kind. She devoted herself to religion, and persuaded him to do the same.
- Too white, for the flower of life is red; Her flesh was the soft, seraphic screen Of a soul that is meant (her parents said) To just see earth, and hardly be seen, And blossom in Heaven instead.
The neighborhood
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA