beatitude

See also: béatitude

English

Etymology

From Middle English beatitude, beatytude, from Middle French béatitude, from Latin beātitūdō (“happiness, blessedness”), from beātus (“happy, blessed”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /biːˈætɪtjuːd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /biˈætɪtud/

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• Hyphenation: be‧a‧ti‧tude

Noun

beatitude (plural beatitudes)

1. (uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
   • 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, part 1, chapter 6

     Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature of his face.

2. Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).

   Synonym: makarism

Translations

supreme, utmost bliss and happiness

• Bulgarian: блаженство (bg) (blaženstvo)
• Dutch: gelukzaligheid (nl)
• German: Glückseligkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: boldogság (hu)
• Irish: beannaitheacht f
• Italian: beatitudine (it) f
• Persian: رستگاری (fa)
• Romanian: beatitudine (ro) f