Beatitude

[bɪ'ætɪtjuːd] or [bɪ'ætɪtud]

Definition

(noun.) 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''.

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Definition

(n.) Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Beatification.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Happiness, bliss, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatification, transport, rapture, heavenly joy.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Blessedness, bliss, beatification

ANT:Misery, pain, suffering, punishment

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Definition

n. heavenly happiness or happiness of the highest kind: (pl.) sayings of Christ in Matt. v. declaring the possessors of certain virtues to be blessed.

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