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beatitude
noun
    1. Bible.
      The group of statements made by Christ during the Sermon on the Mount (in Matthew 5.3‐11) about the kinds of people who receive God's blessing.
      Form: the Beatitudes
    2. A state of blessedness or of extreme happiness and peace.
      Thesaurus: bliss, joy, delight, ecstasy, felicity, exaltation.
    3. Orthodox Church.
      A title of respect given to a patriarch of the church.
      Form: Your Beatitude
      Form: His Beatitude
Etymology: 15c: from Latin beatitudo, from beatus blessed.



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