beatitude

be·at·i·tude  (b-t-td, -tyd)

n.

1. Supreme blessedness or happiness.

2. Beatitude Any of the declarations of blessedness made by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

3. Beatitude 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.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin betitd, from betus, happy; see beatific.]

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beatitude

Noun

supreme blessedness or happiness [Latin beatitudo]

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Beatitude

Noun

Christianity any of the blessings on the poor, meek, etc., in the Sermon on the Mount

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beatitude - a state of supreme happiness         beatification, blessedness happiness, felicity - state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy nirvana, enlightenment - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
	2.	Beatitude - 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'" locution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" Sermon on the Mount - the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49)