Definition of "beatific" [be•a•tif•ic]

• Showing or producing exalted joy or blessedness: a beatific smile. (adjective)

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• "Also of note: the picture of Erica looking beatific is amazing, and the Lion King pose Shawn is doing with Jude in that one pic is amazing."
• "What is the experience we call the beatific vision in heaven?"
• "She knew that often, an expression of beatific peace appeared on the deceased’s face just before death’s final blow."