4 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 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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