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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
              The union of womanly tenderness and angelic
              patience.                             --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; as, an
        angelic smile.
  
     Syn: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an
        angel or saint; as, angelic benificence.
  
     Syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly,
          sainted.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Angelic \An*gel"ic\, a. [From {Angelica}.] (Chem.)
     Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Angelic acid}, an acid obtained from angelica and some other
        plants.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  angelic
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {angelical}, {beatific}, {saintlike}, {saintly},
               {sainted}]
       2: of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger" [syn: {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: {angelical}, {cherubic},
           {seraphic}, {sweet}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

















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