Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beatitude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beatitude \Be*at"i*tude\, n. [L. beatitudo: cf. F. b['e]atitude.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beatitude
n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: {blessedness}]
2: 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'" [syn: {Beatitude}]
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