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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a state of supreme happiness;
[syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification]

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);
- Example: "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beatitude \Be*at"i*tude\, n. [L. beatitudo: cf. F. b['e]atitude. See Beatify.] 1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. --Milman. [1913 Webster] Syn: Blessedness; felicity; happiness. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beatitude n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification] 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'"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "beatitude": beatification, bewitchment, blessedness, blessing, bliss, blissfulness, canonization, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, consecration, dedication, delectation, delight, devotion, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment, enshrinement, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, glorification, grace, hallowing, happiness, heaven, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyance, joyfulness, justification, justification by works, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, purification, rapture, ravishment, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, setting apart, seventh heaven, state of grace, sunshine, transport, unalloyed happiness