seraphic

adj
/səˈɹæf.ɪk/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin seraphicus, from Late Latin seraphīm, seraphīn, from Hebrew שָׂרָף (saráf, “seraph”). By surface analysis, seraph + -ic.

  1. derived from שָׂרָף — “seraph
  2. derived from seraphīm
  3. borrowed from seraphicus

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA