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BEATITUDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Beatitude mean?
• BEATITUDE (noun)
The noun BEATITUDE has 2 senses:
1. a state of supreme happiness
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)
Familiarity information: BEATITUDE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of supreme happiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
beatification; beatitude; blessedness
Hypernyms ("beatitude" is a kind of...):
felicity; happiness (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beatitude"):
enlightenment; nirvana ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with 'beatus' (blessed)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
her favorite Beatitude is 'Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'
Hypernyms ("Beatitude" is a kind of...):
expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)
Holonyms ("Beatitude" is a part of...):
Sermon on the Mount (the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49))
Context examples
She stayed till Hannah came to take her home to dinner, but she had no appetite, and could only sit and smile upon everyone in a general state of beatitude.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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