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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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