BEATITUDE

Beatitude

(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’”

blessedness, beatitude, beatification

(noun) a state of supreme happiness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

beatitude (plural beatitudes)

(uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.

Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).

Source: Wiktionary


Be*at"i*tude, n. Etym: [L. beatitudo: cf. F. béatitude. 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.)

Definition: Beatification. Milman.

Syn.

– Blessedness; felicity; happiness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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