beatitude

noun

bē-ˈa-tə-ˌtüd How to pronounce beatitude (audio)
Definition of beatitudenext
as in joy
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment not from earthly riches but from the milk of human kindness comes true beatitude

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Recent Examples of beatitude This is a book in which many of the characters are seeking something like God, a kind of existential beatitude. — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Beatrice was the love that fuelled his poems, which only became more spiritual after her death, when her very name—which suggests beatitude—becomes for him a form of prayer. — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Ruth knew the community said the same thing—anyone reading the New Testament out loud said the same thing—and were dutiful in concern for all those implicated in both beatitudes and the Civil Rights Act. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance. — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 God must possess perfect beatitude, perfect happiness and perfect well-being. — Helen De Cruz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2020
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  1. joy
  2. happiness
  3. bliss
Noun
  • Children crowded the play areas, despite the damp, gray weather, shrieking with joy (and in one instance, crying).
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Italians are fed energetically with the sustenance of beauty, ease, and joy.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of joy
Noun
  • But the stand-alone fragment, in the seeming spirit of Franz Kafka’s surreal and unsettling fiction, links success to misery, and happiness to death.
    — Robert S. Levine, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Buffett’s view is supported by research that shows that people with supportive spouses tend to take on more rewarding challenges throughout their lives, and end up having more personal growth and happiness.
    — Shayla Love, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of happiness
Noun
  • This sets up a stark contrast between their bliss and the matrimonial drudgery the townspeople endure.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Her recent relapse, despite the secrecies and shame, was also a time of bliss.
    — James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of bliss

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