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Meaning of ANGELIC

Pronunciation:  an'jelik

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

ANGELIC is a 7 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: angelical, angelical, beatific, cherubic, good, lovable, loveable, sainted, saintlike, saintly, seraphic, sweet
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \An*gel"ic\, Angelical \An*gel"ic*al\, a. [L. angelicus,
    Gr. ?: cf. F. ang['e]lique.]
    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.
          The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience.
                                                   --Macaulay.
    {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.
    
  2. \An*gel"ic\, a. [From {Angelica}.] (Chem.)
    Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
    {Angelic acid}, an acid obtained from angelica and some other
       plants.
    
 
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 Related Terms: admirable, adorable, archangelic, beatified, blameless, canonized, caressable, celestial, charming, cherubic, childlike, Christlike, Christly, clear, cuddlesome, dovelike, faultless, glorified, God-fearing, 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, righteous, right-minded, 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
 

 

 

 

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