'Beatitude' definitions:
Definition of 'beatitude'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification]
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'"
Definition of 'Beatitude'
From: GCIDE
- Beatitude \Be*at"i*tude\, n. [L. beatitudo: cf. F. b['e]atitude. See Beatify.]
- 1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Blessedness; felicity; happiness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'beatitude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beatification,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- blessing,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- canonization,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cloud nine,
- consecration,
- dedication,
- delectation,
- delight,
- devotion,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elation,
- enchantment,
- enshrinement,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- exuberance,
- felicity,
- gaiety,
- gladness,
- glee,
- glorification,
- grace,
- hallowing,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- high spirits,
- intoxication,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- justification,
- justification by works,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- purification,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- sainthood,
- sainting,
- sanctification,
- setting apart,
- seventh heaven,
- state of grace,
- sunshine,
- transport,
- unalloyed happiness