Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SERAPHIC, SERAPHICAL

a. 1. Pertaining to a seraph; angelic; sublime; as seraphic purity; seraphic fervor.
2. Pure; refined from sensuality.
3. Burning or inflamed with love or zeal. Thus St. Bonaventure was called the seraphic doctor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SERAPHIC; SERAPHICAL

Se *raph "ic, Se *raph "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. séraphique.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

SERAPHICISM

SERAPHICISM Se *raph "i *cism, n.

 

Defn: The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness. [R.] Cudworth.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

seraphic

se raph ic |səˈrafik səˈræfɪk | ▶adjective characteristic of or resembling a seraph or seraphim: a seraphic smile. DERIVATIVES se raph i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin seraphicus, from late Latin seraphim (see seraph ).

 

Seraphic Doctor

Se raph ic Doc tor the nickname of St. Bonaventura.

 

Oxford Dictionary

seraphic

seraphic |səˈrafɪk | ▶adjective characteristic of or resembling a seraph or seraphim; angelic: a seraphic smile. DERIVATIVES seraphically adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin seraphicus, from late Latin seraphim (see seraph ).

 

Seraphic Doctor

Seraphic Doctor the nickname of St Bonaventura.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

seraphic

seraphic adjective a look of seraphic contentment on his face: blissful, beatific, sublime, rapturous, ecstatic, joyful, rapt; serene, ethereal; cherubic, saintly, angelic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

seraphic

seraphic adjective he listened with an expression of seraphic contentment on his face: blissful, beatific, sublime, rapturous, ecstatic, joyful, rapt; serene, ethereal; pure, innocent, cherubic, saintly, angelic; celestial, heavenly, holy, divine. ANTONYMS demonic.