seraphical
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Of or relating to a seraph; angelic, especially in the highest order: Describes something pertaining to or resembling a seraph, an angel of the highest rank, often characterized by supreme purity, beauty, or bliss.
- Supremely serene, blissful, or pure: Used to describe a state, expression, or quality of celestial or exalted happiness and innocence.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The painting depicted the saint with a seraphical smile, radiating divine peace.
- The choir's music had an almost seraphical quality, lifting the spirits of all who heard it.
- He imagined a seraphical presence in the room, a feeling of overwhelming purity and light.
Advanced Usage
Seraphical love: A love that is pure, selfless, and celestial in nature.
- Their bond was described not as a earthly passion, but as a seraphical love.
Seraphical hierarchy: Pertaining to the highest order of angels in theological tradition.
- Theologians wrote extensively about the seraphical hierarchy surrounding the throne.
Variants and Related Words
Seraphic (adj): The more common variant, identical in meaning to 'seraphical'.
- The child's face was lit with a seraphic joy.
Seraph (n): A type of celestial being or angel of the highest order.
- In the vision, a six-winged seraph appeared before the prophet.
Synonyms
- Angelic: Of or relating to angels; resembling an angel in purity or beauty.
- Celestial: Pertaining to the sky or heaven; supremely good.
- Beatific: Showing or producing great joy, blessedness, or holiness.
- Ethereal: Extremely delicate and light, seeming too perfect for this world.
Related Phrases
Seraphic beauty: A beauty that is heavenly, pure, and sublime.
- The sculpture was praised for its capture of seraphic beauty.
Seraphic countenance: A facial expression or appearance of angelic serenity and bliss.
- Even in hardship, she maintained a seraphic countenance.
Adjective
- of or relating to an angel of the first order
- he imagined a seraphic presence in the room