beatitude

  • 21Beatitude (Ric Ocasek album) — Infobox Album | Name = Beatitude Type = Album Artist = Ric Ocasek Released = 1982 Recorded = Electric Lady Studios Genre = New Wave Length = Label = Geffen Producer = Ric Ocasek Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg …

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  • 22beatitude, your —    Used as a title to a primate in the Eastern Church. The Stork, by Denison Hatch, has one man telling another that ‘You address the Patriarch of Jerusalem as “your Beatitude”’. Beatitude means a state of blessedness. The word is pronounced bee… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 23beatitude — noun Etymology: Latin beatitudo, from beatus Date: 15th century 1. a. a state of utmost bliss b. used as a title for a primate especially of an Eastern church 2. any of the declarations made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3 11) beg …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24beatitude — /bee at i toohd , tyoohd /, n. 1. supreme blessedness; exalted happiness. 2. (often cap.) any of the declarations of blessedness pronounced by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. [1375 1425; late ME < L beatitudo perfect happiness, equiv. to beati&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 25beatitude — noun a) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness. b) Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3 12. Eg.: Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5), etc …

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  • 26beatitude — Synonyms and related words: beatification, bewitchment, blessedness, blessing, bliss, blissfulness, canonization, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, consecration, dedication, delectation, delight, devotion, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27beatitude — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bliss, delight, joy, blessedness; see happiness 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. blessedness, happiness, bliss, serenity, saintliness, peace. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A condition of good spirits: blessedness,&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 28beatitude — be·at·i·tude || biː ætɪtjuːd n. blessing; bliss, absolute happiness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 29beatitude — n. 1. Bliss, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatification, holy joy, solemn ecstasy, heavenly joy, peace that passeth understanding, ecstasy serene. 2. Encomium of virtue (by our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount), declaration of blessedness …

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  • 30beatitude — n 1. blessedness, sainthood, sanctity, saintliness; serenity, peace, heavenly peace, the peace that surpasses all understanding; bliss, heavenly bliss, blissfulness, joy, holy joy, joyfulness; delight, happiness, felicity; exaltation, elation,&#8230; …

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