beatitude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of supreme happiness
    blessedness; beatification.
  2. noun one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed)
    • her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'

WordNet

Be*at"i*tude noun
Etymology
L. beatitudo: cf. F. béatitude. See Beatify.
Definitions
  1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
  2. Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.
  3. (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. Milman. Syn. -- Blessedness; felicity; happiness.

Webster 1913