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Scalar Milton

Evan Thomas, Milton Group8, Milton Group7, Milton Group6, Milton Group5, Milton Group4, Milton Group3, Milton Group2, Milton Group1, Milton Group9, Authors

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beatific

"beatific, adj." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2014. Web. 21 October 2014

beatific vision n. a sight of the glories of heaven; esp. that first granted to a disembodied spirit.
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