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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


béatitude

béatitude

See also: beatitude

French

Noun

béatitude f (plural béatitudes)

  1. bliss, beatitude