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blessedness

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bless·ed  (blsd) also blest (blst)
adj.
1.
a. Worthy of worship; holy.
b. Held in veneration; revered.
2. Blessed Roman Catholic Church Used as a title before the name of one who has been beatified.
3. Bringing happiness, pleasure, or contentment.
4. blessed Used as an intensive: I don't have a blessed dime.
blessed·ly adv.
blessed·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blessednessblessedness - a state of supreme happiness        
beatification, beatitude
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
Translations
blessedness [ˈblesɪdnɪs] N (Rel) → bienaventuranza f, santidad f; (= happiness) → dicha f, felicidad f


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And, with something of a pang, resolutely stifled, I realised for a moment the true blessedness of the single state I was so soon to leave behind.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Who can speak the blessedness of that first day of freedom?
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
You are so dim, so vague, you are but a mist, a cloud, but you are HERE, and that is blessedness sufficient; and I have your hand; don't take it away -- it is for only a little while, I shall not require it long.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
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