Beatific

biˈætɪfɪk

adjective

blissfully happy; full of joy or blessedness

The word 'beatific' is derived from the Latin word 'beatificus,' which means 'making happy.' It is often used to describe a state of extreme happiness or bliss, often associated with a spiritual or divine experience.

A fat cigar smoldered between his plump fingers and he looked like a beatific pug-dog.

Asimov, Isaac

Foundation 3 - Second Foundation

A beatific smile of regret, repentance, and ecstasy beamed on M. de Beausset’s face and he glided away to the other generals.

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

I would have thought a guy like you would have been a natural.” Harold's smile became large, beatific.

King, Stephen

The Stand

Her face made its own fist, twisting itself into a sneer of concentration—an expression remarkable and arresting in its mixture of ugliness and almost beatific determination.

Stephen King

The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)

The curtains were half drawn, and only admitted the mysterious light calculated for beatific reveries.

Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers

It is therefore only after full atonement or expiation, perhaps after many lives, that a natural deep satisfying love becomes possible, and this love, in all subjective natures, must precede the Beatific Vision.

W. B. Yeats

Poetry

Not for you.” He sipped his own tea, and a beatific smile spread across his ancient face.

Gaiman, Neil

Neverwhere

Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From heaven, for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven’s pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.

John Milton

Paradise Lost