Definition for SE-RAPH'IC, or SE-RAPH'IC-AL

SE-RAPH'IC, or SE-RAPH'IC-AL, a.

  1. Pertaining to a seraph; angelic; sublime; as, seraphic purity; seraphic fervor.
  2. Pure; refined from sensuality. – Swift.
  3. Burning or inflamed with love or zeal. Thus St. Bonaventure was called the seraphic doctor. – Encyc.

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