Beatific
/ˌbiː.əˈtɪf.ɪk/noun
Showing or causing great joy or bliss.
Did you know?Beatific comes through Latin Christian theology, where it described the blissful state of the blessed, especially in the phrase beatific vision — the soul’s direct sight of God.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
beatus
“blessed, happy, fortunate”
Late Latin
Latin
beatificus
“making blessed, rendering happy”
14th Century
Middle English
beatifike
“blissful or blessed”
Modern English
English
beatific
“showing or causing great joy or bliss”
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