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Webster 1913 Edition


Beatitude

Be-at′i-tude

,
Noun.
[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.)
Beatification.
Milman.
Syn. – Blessedness; felicity; happiness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Beatitude

BEAT'ITUDE

,
Noun.
[L. beatitudo, from beatus,
beo.
See Beatify.]
1.
Blessedness; felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss; used of the joys of heaven.
2.
The declaration of blessedness made by our Savior to particular virtues.

Definition 2024


beatitude

beatitude

See also: béatitude

English

Noun

beatitude (plural beatitudes)

  1. (uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
    • 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, part 1, chapter 6
      Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature of his face.
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles , chapter IV
      In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking beatitude; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
  2. 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).

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