beatitude

[ bee-at-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
2. (often initial capital letter) any of the declarations of blessedness pronounced by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

beatitude

¹

/ bɪˈætɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. supreme blessedness or happiness
2. an honorific title of the Eastern Christian Church, applied to those of patriarchal rank

Beatitude

²

/ bɪˈætɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. New Testament any of eight distinctive sayings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3–11) in which he declares that the poor, the meek, those that mourn, the merciful, the peacemakers, the pure of heart, those that thirst for justice, and those that are persecuted will, in various ways, receive the blessings of heaven

Word History and Origins

Origin of beatitude¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin beātitūdō perfect happiness, equivalent to beāti- ( beatific ) + -tūdō -tude

Word History and Origins

Origin of beatitude¹

C15: from Latin beātitūdō , from beātus blessed; see beatific

Example Sentences

But the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes?

From Salon

The Gospel for the service was the Beatitudes, the admonitions by Jesus to his disciples to stand with the oppressed, which Molina spent her career putting into action:

From Los Angeles Times

A founding member of Beatitude, the seminal Beat periodical, alongside Allen Ginsberg, John Kelly and others, Kaufman is sometimes shorthanded as the “Black Beat.”

From New York Times

“I know that your Beatitude will continue in this commitment to fostering the unity of all Christ’s disciples,” said the Nuncio.

From Seattle Times

“I said my philosophy is motived by the Beatitudes and by Matthew 25:40 about the ‘least of these,’” Mr. Kennedy recounted.

From New York Times