| Beatitude 1. (n.) State of great happiness; consummate bliss. 2. (n.) 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. (n.) Beatification. Thesaurus Entries beatification, bewitchment, blessedness, blessing, bliss, blissfulness, canonization, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, consecration, dedication, delectation, delight, devotion, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment, enshrinement, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, glorification, grace, hallowing, happiness, heaven, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyance, joyfulness, justification, justification by works, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, purification, rapture, ravishment, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, setting apart, seventh heaven, state of grace, sunshine, transport, unalloyed happiness |