Beatitude Definition
bē-ătĭ-to͝od, -tyo͝od
beatitudes
noun
beatitudes
Supreme blessedness or happiness.
American Heritage
Perfect blessedness or happiness.
Webster's New World
Any of the declarations of blessedness made by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
American Heritage
Used as a title and form of address for a patriarch in the Armenian Church or a metropolitan in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Your Beatitude.
American Heritage
The definition of beatitude is one of the pronouncements of Christian ideals from Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount.
An example of a beatitude is "Blessed are the meek: for they will inherit the earth." from Matt. 5:5 in the Bible.
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idiom
the Beatitudes
- the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Beatitude
Noun
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beatitude
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beatitudesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Beatitude
- the Beatitudes
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