Meaning & use

seraphic

adjective·Advanced

Resembling an angel in purity, beauty, or serene sweetness.

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The choir's seraphic harmonies filled the cathedral with an almost otherworldly calm.

She gave the sleeping baby a seraphic smile before quietly leaving the room.

A note on using this word

Seraphic comes from 'seraph,' the highest order of angels, so it carries a stronger sense of radiant purity than the plainer 'angelic.'

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angelicheavenly

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