BEATITUDES

Noun

beatitudes

plural of beatitude

Source: Wiktionary


BEATITUDE

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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