a.; also 7–8 -ick. [ad. L. beātific-us, f. beāt-us blessed (pa. pple. of beāre to bless) + -ficus making: see -FIC. Cf. F. béatifique.] Making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness.
1649. Lovelace, Poems, 47. Such a beatific Face.
1746. Hervey, Medit. (1818), 169. Where the Lamb that was slain, manifests his beatific presence.
1880. L. Morris, Ode of Life, 120. A beatific peace greater than tongue can tell.
b. Beatific vision: a sight of the glories of heaven; esp. that first granted to a disembodied spirit.
1639. Rouse, Heav. Univ., Advt. (1702), 4. The Beatifick Vision of the Supream Good hereafter.
1704. Nelson, Fest. & Fasts, xxviii. (1739), 361. Martyrs … upon their Death … were immediately admitted to the Beatifick Vision.
1869. Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), III. xi. 30. A soul which … angels had already borne to the beatific vision.
