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beatitude - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'beatitude' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Beatitude [ n.]
- Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
- 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.
- Beatification.

Meaning of 'beatitude' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . beatitude [ n]
Meaning (1):
- one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed)
Example in sentence:
  • her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'