beatitude
noun
be·at·i·tude bē-ˈa-tə-ˌtüd 
-ˌtyüd
1
a
: a state of utmost bliss
b
Christianity —used as a title for a primate especially of an Eastern church
2
Christianity : any of the declarations made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3–11) beginning in the King James Version "Blessed are"
Synonyms
- blessedness
- bliss
- blissfulness
- felicity
- gladness
- happiness
- joy
- warm fuzzies
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Example Sentences
not from earthly riches but from the milk of human kindness comes true beatitude
Recent Examples on the Web God must possess perfect beatitude, perfect happiness and perfect well-being. 
Helen De Cruz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2020 Some conservative Catholics on social media responded with ridicule to headlines saying that Francis had proposed six new Beatitudes. Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2016 Hearing Jesus deliver the beatitudes, Judas mutters disbelieving asides. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 May 2017
Helen De Cruz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2020 Some conservative Catholics on social media responded with ridicule to headlines saying that Francis had proposed six new Beatitudes. Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2016 Hearing Jesus deliver the beatitudes, Judas mutters disbelieving asides. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin beātitūdō, from beātus "happy, fortunate" + -tūdō, suffix of abstract nouns — more at beatific
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
beatitude
noun
as in joy
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment not from earthly riches but from the milk of human kindness comes true beatitude Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- joy
- happiness
- blissfulness
- bliss
- blessedness
- joyfulness
- enjoyment
- felicity
- pleasure
- gladness
- ecstasy
- satisfaction
- warm fuzzies
- exultation
- delight
- elation
- rapture
- euphoria
- intoxication
- nirvana
- high
- exhilaration
- ravishment
- cheerfulness
- glee
- joyousness
- comfort
- paradise
- mirth
- glory
- jubilation
- contentedness
- triumph
- heaven
- jubilance
- gratification
- jollity
- merriness
- exuberance
- delectation
- elatedness
- seventh heaven
- transport
- lightheartedness
- gayety
- rapturousness
- gleefulness
- gaiety
- content
- jocundity
- gladsomeness
- cheer
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- misery
- sadness
- calamity
- wretchedness
- unhappiness
- sorrow
- anguish
- agony
- joylessness
- woe
- desolation
- melancholy
- dejection
- ill-being
- sufferance
- cheerlessness
- mournfulness
- gloom
- gloominess
- plaintiveness
- desolateness
- despondency
- depression
- disheartenment
- blues
- hell
- purgatory
- woefulness
- downheartedness
- doldrums
- dispiritedness
- Gehenna