noun
Meaning 1
Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
beatitude
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /biːˈætɪtjuːd/
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General-American: /biˈætɪtud/
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noun
Meaning 2
Any 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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: makarism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saying, expression, locution
noun
Meaning 4
a state of supreme happiness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blessedness, beatification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: happiness, felicity
Narrower terms: nirvana, enlightenment
History
Etymology
From Middle English beatitude, beatytude, from Middle French béatitude, from Latin beātitūdō (“happiness, blessedness”), from beātus (“happy, blessed”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: блаженство (blaženstvo) — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Dutch: gelukzaligheid — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- French: béatitude — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- German: Glückseligkeit — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Hungarian: boldogság — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Irish: beannaitheacht — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Italian: beatitudine — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Macedonian: блаженство (blaženstvo) — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Persian: رستگاری — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Polish: błogosławieństwo — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Romanian: beatitudine — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Ukrainian: блаже́нство (blažénstvo) — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness
- Ukrainian: раюва́ння (rajuvánnja) — supreme, utmost bliss and happiness