angelic

angelic
    adj 1: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an
           angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific
           smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my
           sainted mother" [syn: {angelic}, {angelical}, {beatific},
           {saintlike}, {saintly}, {sainted}]
    2: of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger" [syn:
       {angelic}, {angelical}]
    3: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an
       angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when
       he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: {angelic},
       {angelical}, {cherubic}, {seraphic}, {sweet}]
    

Angelic \An*gel"ic\, Angelical \An*gel"ic*al\, a. [L. angelicus,
   Gr. ?: cf. F. ang['e]lique.]
   1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling,
      characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an
      angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps."
      --Thomson."Angelical actions." --Hooker.
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            The union of womanly tenderness and angelic
            patience.                             --Macaulay.
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   2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; as, an
      angelic smile.

   Syn: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet.
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   3. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an
      angel or saint; as, angelic benificence.

   Syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly,
        sainted.
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   {Angelic Hymn}, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church;
      -- so called from its beginning with the song of the
      heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. --Eadie.
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Angelic \An*gel"ic\, a. [From {Angelica}.] (Chem.)
   Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
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   {Angelic acid}, an acid obtained from angelica and some other
      plants.
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "angelic":
      Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, admirable, adorable,
      archangelic, beatified, blameless, canonized, caressable,
      celestial, charming, cherubic, childlike, clear, cuddlesome,
      dovelike, faultless, glorified, godlike, godly, godly-minded, good,
      guiltless, heavenly, holy, holy-minded, honest, in glory,
      in the clear, incorrupt, innocent, just, kissable, lamblike,
      likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, martyred, moral, not guilty,
      offenseless, otherworldly, prelapsarian, pristine, pure,
      pure in heart, purehearted, redeemed, reproachless, right-minded,
      righteous, sainted, saintlike, saintly, sans reproche, saved,
      seraphic, sinless, spiritual, spiritual-minded, straight, sweet,
      uncorrupted, undefiled, unearthly, unfallen, unlapsed,
      untouched by evil, unworldly, upright, virtuous, winning, winsome,
      with clean hands, without reproach