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beatific
(encz) | beatific,blažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Beatific
(gcide) | Beatific \Be`a*tif"ic\, Beatifical \Be`a*tif"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
b['e]atifique, L. beatificus. See Beatify.]
Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment;
blissful. "The beatific vision." --South. --
Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.
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beatific
(wn) | beatific
adj 1: experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; "beatific peace"
2: 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] |
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beatific
(encz) | beatific,blažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
beatification
(encz) | beatification,blahořečení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Beatific vision
(gcide) | Vision \Vi"sion\, n. [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from
videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. ? to see, ? I know, and E.
wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy,
Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage,
Visit.]
1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
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Faith here is turned into vision there. --Hammond.
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2. (Physiol.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five
senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of
external objects are appreciated as a result of the
stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an
expansion of the optic nerve.
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3. That which is seen; an object of sight. --Shak.
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4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the
ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural,
prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a
specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.
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The baseless fabric of this vision. --Shak.
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No dreams, but visions strange. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
--Locke.
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Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least
distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the
horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes
visible.
Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in
heaven.
Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object
falls directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow);
also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from
their original direction.
Field of vision, field of view. See under Field.
Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from
an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.
Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays
reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms,
respectively.
Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under
Visual.
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Beatifical
(gcide) | Beatific \Be`a*tif"ic\, Beatifical \Be`a*tif"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
b['e]atifique, L. beatificus. See Beatify.]
Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment;
blissful. "The beatific vision." --South. --
Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Beatifically
(gcide) | Beatific \Be`a*tif"ic\, Beatifical \Be`a*tif"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
b['e]atifique, L. beatificus. See Beatify.]
Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment;
blissful. "The beatific vision." --South. --
Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Beatificate
(gcide) | Beatificate \Be`a*tif"i*cate\, v. t.
To beatify. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Beatification
(gcide) | Beatification \Be*at`i*fi*ca"tion\
(b[-e]*[a^]t`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
b['e]atification.]
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp.,
in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and
declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or
has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a
stage in the process of canonization. "The beatification of
his spirit." --Jer. Taylor.
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beatific
(wn) | beatific
adj 1: experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; "beatific peace"
2: 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] |
beatification
(wn) | beatification
n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness,
beatitude, beatification]
2: the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
3: (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that
a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public
veneration; a first step toward canonization |
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