Found 2 items, similar to Beatitude.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: beatitude
beatitude
n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn:
blessedness,
beatification]
2: one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the
Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with
`beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed
are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Beatitude
Beatitude
\Be*at"i*tude\, n. [L. beatitudo: cf. F. b['e]atitude.
See
Beatify.]
1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
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2. Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes),
made in the Sermon on the Mount (--Matt. v. 3-12), with
regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished
by certain specified virtues.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. --Milman.
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Syn: Blessedness; felicity; happiness.
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