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The word “seraphic” is often employed to evoke a quality of divine radiance and spiritual purity that transcends the ordinary. In literature it may describe a sublime smile or an expression of transcendent beauty—as when a character’s face is noted for its “seraphic expression” [1] or when a smile disarms controversy with its “seraphic” charm [2]. It also serves as an honorific in reference to figures deemed holy or exalted, such as the “Seraphic Doctor” [3], linking human achievement with celestial inspiration. Moreover, “seraphic” can transform descriptions of nature and emotion into something ethereal, as seen in passages that speak of “seraphic love” [4] or the “seraphic fire” of artistic creation [5].
  1. There was a glow in the boy’s face which gave it a seraphic expression.
    — from Mendel: A Story of Youth by Gilbert Cannan
  2. But the preacher continued to regard him with his most lambent and seraphic smile, and in perfect good faith, without the smallest tinge of mockery.
    — from Inchbracken: The Story of a Fama Clamosa by Robert Cleland
  3. Among the ascetical writers are: St. Bonaventure, the Seraphic Doctor (d. 1274), John Gerson (d. 1429), John Tauler (d. 1361), Bl.
    — from Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles J. (Charles Jerome) Callan
  4. All was over, Cosette had fallen back into deep, seraphic love.
    — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  5. When you shall touch your gifted lyre, Glowing with sweet, seraphic fire, O then, remember me again, And wake for me one pleasing strain.
    — from Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Abigail Stanley Hanna

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