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Beatitude
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What's The Definition Of Beatitude?
[n] 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'"
[n] a state of supreme happiness Synonyms | Synonyms for Beatitude: beatification | blessedness Related Terms | Find terms related to Beatitude: beatification | bewitchment | blessedness | blessing | bliss | blissfulness | canonization | cheer | cheerfulness | cloud nine | consecration | dedication | delectation | delight | devotion | ecstasy | ecstatics | elation | enchantment | enshrinement | exaltation | exhilaration | exuberance | felicity | gaiety | gladness | glee | glorification | grace | hallowing | happiness | heaven | high spirits | intoxication | joy | joyance | joyfulness | justification | justification by works | overhappiness | overjoyfulness | paradise | purification | rapture | ravishment | sainthood | sainting | sanctification | setting apart | seventh heaven | state of grace | sunshine | transport | unalloyed happiness See Also | expression | felicity | happiness | locution | nirvana | saying | Sermon on the Mount Beatitude In Webster's Dictionary \Be*at"i*tude\, n. [L. beatitudo: cf. F. b['e]atitude.
See {Beatify}.]
1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
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.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. --Milman.
Syn: Blessedness; felicity; happiness.
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