beatitude


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beatitude /bɪˈatɪtjuːd/
noun
  • 1 supreme blessedness.

    ■ (the Beatitudes) the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3–11).

  • 2 (His/Your Beatitude) a title given to patriarchs in the Orthodox Church.
– origin ME: from OFr. beatitude or L. beatitudo, from beatus ‘blessed’.
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