makarism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Form Ancient Greek μάκαρ (mákar) + -ism.
Noun[edit]
makarism (plural makarisms)
- A statement that someone or something is blessed, happy, fortunate, or is to be honored or congratulated; a beatitude, as in the Sermon on the Mount. Used for Hebrew and Greek statements, a technical term in the academic literature of Judaism and Christianity.
- Synonym: beatitude